---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government and to a prohibition against the use of other public money to settle such a claim."
description: "Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government and to a prohibition against the use of other public money to settle such a claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Texas SB 282 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Legislature (I0520)", "SEXUAL HARASSMENT (S4376)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Metcalf", "Meyer", "Minjarez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffede071-b5de-4b3b-a662-6dc947d23f05"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 282.xml"
source_hash: "6a1ce230350b5fda52b01a08b38639e719531a42b65e6683292ad53f0523dd9a"
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 282 (87) — Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government and to a prohibition against the use of other public money to settle such a claim.

## 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/SB00282I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **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`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/ffede071-b5de-4b3b-a662-6dc947d23f05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).