---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to contracts for fingerprinting services entered into by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas."
description: "Relating to contracts for fingerprinting services entered into by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 922"
citation: "Texas SB 922 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS & VOICEPRINTS (S0449)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson", "Seliger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ece5a3b-1fe2-4ab7-bae3-97f1d9608395"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 922.xml"
source_hash: "6924464eb116bfd7f22e2f02a9a2f68d27bf8646cf7f8aad189791cae72a754a"
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 922 (87) — Relating to contracts for fingerprinting services entered into by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

## 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/SB00922I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00922E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00922H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00922S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00922F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-02** 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
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** 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/0ece5a3b-1fe2-4ab7-bae3-97f1d9608395`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).