---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "873"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Texas SB 5 (873)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "RESTRAINTS (S0524)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucio", "Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 99
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-20"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4927c6-b6f1-4c9f-b322-28f7f583198b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/873/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 5.xml"
source_hash: "688579734bf684b1d8713af85e1022660b8e29a9874a70c35aac89bda3237eb8"
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 5 (873) — Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; 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/873/billtext/html/SB00005I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00005E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00005H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00005S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00005F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Lucio — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-09-20** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-09-20** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-09-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-09-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-09-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-09-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-09-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-09-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-09-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-09-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-09-22** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-09-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-09-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-09-22** Record vote
- **2021-09-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-09-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-09-22** Record vote
- **2021-09-22** Reported engrossed
- **2021-09-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-09-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-09-27** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-10-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-10-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-10-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-10-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-10-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-10-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-10-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-17** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-17** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-10-17** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-10-17** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-10-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-10-18** Co-author authorized
- **2021-10-18** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-18** Read
- **2021-10-18** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-10-18** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-10-18** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-10-18** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-10-18** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-10-18** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-10-18** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-10-18** House appoints conferees
- **2021-10-18** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-10-18** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-10-18** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-10-18** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-10-18** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-10-19** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-19** Record vote
- **2021-10-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-19** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-10-19** Record vote
- **2021-10-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-19** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-10-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-10-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-10-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-10-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-25** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4927c6-b6f1-4c9f-b322-28f7f583198b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).