---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to applicants for employment at assisted living facilities."
description: "Relating to applicants for employment at assisted living facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Texas SB 271 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Julie", "Klick", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-29"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b4d3dea-3051-48f3-b333-4594885e025a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 271.xml"
source_hash: "4629527b8b61a2f249958ce8303e1d5db51c379530fe82ba98709e49be0134de"
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 271 (87) — Relating to applicants for employment at assisted living facilities.

## 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/SB00271I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00271E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00271H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00271S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00271F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-12-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/7b4d3dea-3051-48f3-b333-4594885e025a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).