---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution."
description: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1653"
citation: "Texas SB 1653 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Morals (I0180)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PROSTITUTION (S0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Cook", "Goldman", "Huffman", "Murr", "Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dda3a48-bdbe-4268-add2-062d56d587a8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1653.xml"
source_hash: "dfaaacfd8c16d2bd12a6b7386633b94f4f3d33119b4a877690cc317c4ce5f4fd"
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 1653 (88) — Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution.

## 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/SB01653I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01653E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01653H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01653S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01653F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Not again placed on intent 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 Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-02** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** 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/9dda3a48-bdbe-4268-add2-062d56d587a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).