---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Texas SB 15 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "TEXAS CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT PHASE I (PP5AT)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "King, Phil", "Nichols", "Perez", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 89
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/544e2f64-5404-4687-ae6b-1655c5e0f1db"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 15.xml"
source_hash: "c50b2fdc00020b22a371aa18b8af06d1115492a9d1447f7ca401a22c9f820031"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 15 (87) — Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00015I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00015E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00015H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00015S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00015F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **140–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/544e2f64-5404-4687-ae6b-1655c5e0f1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).