---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil actions by a civilly committed individual."
description: "Relating to civil actions by a civilly committed individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1180"
citation: "Texas SB 1180 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL COMMITMENT (S0002)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS (S0014)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES (S0121)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE (V1061)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King, Ken", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae6aa8ce-0eca-4778-9002-61099db3335d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1180.xml"
source_hash: "0793bf435b73e96bb26eda2d6ad3dbbea3d97638d98ffde82589bc4b3c3c1a40"
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 1180 (88) — Relating to civil actions by a civilly committed individual.

## 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/SB01180I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01180E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01180H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01180S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01180F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King, Ken — 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
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-11** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae6aa8ce-0eca-4778-9002-61099db3335d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).