---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the municipal or county regulation of residential detention facilities for immigrant or refugee children."
description: "Relating to the municipal or county regulation of residential detention facilities for immigrant or refugee children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 2188"
citation: "Texas SB 2188 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aliens (I0032)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gutierrez", "Hernandez", "Seliger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-06"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ce378c-4432-4ec7-b9a6-401379a302da"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2188.xml"
source_hash: "cb89f1a74efd14184dc17c161bea4323af46741c8b242fb763029a1a2c96936c"
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 2188 (87) — Relating to the municipal or county regulation of residential detention facilities for immigrant or refugee children.

## 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/SB02188I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02188E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02188H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02188S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02188F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-04-06** Permission to introduce
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32ce378c-4432-4ec7-b9a6-401379a302da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).