---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sexually violent predators and the prosecution of certain offenses involving prohibited items at correctional or civil commitment facilities; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to sexually violent predators and the prosecution of certain offenses involving prohibited items at correctional or civil commitment facilities; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1179"
citation: "Texas SB 1179 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL COMMITMENT (S0002)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Appellate (I0125)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "RESTRAINTS (S0524)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "TELEPHONES & TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (S5657)", "TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE (V1061)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herrero", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e430f9-d9f0-4e4f-a7a3-7af6df1c2f9a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1179.xml"
source_hash: "74159a66b03512d10a0338358a40ce0dc5ef601e19ab4d28e98c2413e54eb9ed"
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 1179 (88) — Relating to sexually violent predators and the prosecution of certain offenses involving prohibited items at correctional or civil commitment facilities; 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01179I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01179E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01179H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01179S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01179F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Herrero — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6e430f9-d9f0-4e4f-a7a3-7af6df1c2f9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).