---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prohibition against sexual harassment in the workplace."
description: "Relating to the prohibition against sexual harassment in the workplace."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Texas SB 45 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Labor--Management Relations (I0465)", "SEXUAL HARASSMENT (S4376)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Morrison", "Neave", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini", "Zwiener"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53f8ee15-c88d-4efb-b1ab-55b706253250"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 45.xml"
source_hash: "059fa7173773435ecc187c8190f4f4647ad4d596e6b99b97079e7a37d078b297"
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 45 (87) — Relating to the prohibition against sexual harassment in the workplace.

## 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/SB00045I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00045E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00045H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00045S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00045F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zwiener — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-13** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-30** 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/53f8ee15-c88d-4efb-b1ab-55b706253250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).