---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "Texas SB 315 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES (S2194)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hunter", "Jetton", "Shaheen", "Thierry", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af2b46b9-2be9-4621-9b8a-439511b7cf48"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 315.xml"
source_hash: "0bf8ea0f9fa92b7c31d36044e3aecb0e1b1e229c2f33894f42832e02b59bf2b8"
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 315 (87) — Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a 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/SB00315I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00315E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00315H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00315S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00315F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent 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 Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** 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/af2b46b9-2be9-4621-9b8a-439511b7cf48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).