---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons."
description: "Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 576"
citation: "Texas SB 576 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Lozano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae80703-6465-4042-8a63-76116baedbd4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 576.xml"
source_hash: "bb89695f34e81a47215d4032eb8aa17ebc39c6de77bc252628c335d39bcd26f1"
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 576 (87) — Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons.

## 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/SB00576I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Lozano — primary (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-03** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage 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/7ae80703-6465-4042-8a63-76116baedbd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).