---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the composition, continuation, and duties of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force, compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants, and establishment of a mandatory training program for persons responding to reports of and treating survivors of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault."
description: "Relating to the composition, continuation, and duties of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force, compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants, and establishment of a mandatory training program for persons responding to reports of and treating survivors of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1402"
citation: "Texas SB 1402 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS' TASK FORCE (V1250)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia", "Guillen", "Harless", "Howard", "Neave Criado", "Paxton", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4939e9e2-107d-4969-b93f-6e593bb064b0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1402.xml"
source_hash: "4c12855949a11ecaaa2ff6f79d9795f09e9e2f2c88d261b239f6ea70fe5a618d"
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 1402 (88) — Relating to the composition, continuation, and duties of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force, compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants, and establishment of a mandatory training program for persons responding to reports of and treating survivors of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault.

## 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/SB01402I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01402E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01402H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01402S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01402F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **114–31** (pass) · lower
- passage — **92–47** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Neave Criado — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-01** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-25** Read
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/4939e9e2-107d-4969-b93f-6e593bb064b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).