---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for manufacture or delivery of fentanyl and related substances; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for manufacture or delivery of fentanyl and related substances; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 768"
citation: "Texas SB 768 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Johnson, Ann"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e9340e2-c212-44f0-a52d-04e7820610b7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 768.xml"
source_hash: "cec05e3027008c0d24f91845203b15340dc711dc5aee69a9871b0a1169b2fa2a"
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 768 (87) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for manufacture or delivery of fentanyl and related substances; 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/SB00768I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00768E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00768H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00768S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00768F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **130–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — 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`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-29** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-03-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-29** Record vote
- **2021-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Record vote
- **2021-03-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
- **2021-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-17** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-19** 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
- **2021-05-28** House passage reported
- **2021-05-29** 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/2e9340e2-c212-44f0-a52d-04e7820610b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).