---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses."
description: "Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 766"
citation: "Texas SB 766 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES (S2194)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hunter", "Leach", "Thierry", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 91
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0de3048-d8c7-4d6d-9b7f-e8205d13e9f2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 766.xml"
source_hash: "45412b85e7c700d310444ec0f72086f1038abe7196cf23ebf42cc16623201325"
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 766 (87) — Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses.

## 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/SB00766I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Meeting cancelled
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-17** 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** Postponed
- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-23** Postponed
- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-23** Postponed
- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-24** Postponed
- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-24** Postponed
- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/a0de3048-d8c7-4d6d-9b7f-e8205d13e9f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).