---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishment of county adult sexual assault response teams."
description: "Relating to establishment of county adult sexual assault response teams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 476"
citation: "Texas SB 476 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Health--General (I0385)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5a5176b-b839-49ef-93e4-d9e2d807229c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 476.xml"
source_hash: "08d06a2b04ffaaf364b32c793b9b84b43ed6aacfc98035adb454aa6f32c571ff"
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 476 (87) — Relating to establishment of county adult sexual assault response teams.

## 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/SB00476I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00476E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00476H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00476S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00476F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 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
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** 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/b5a5176b-b839-49ef-93e4-d9e2d807229c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).