---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "Texas SB 188 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Reynolds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b5f254-fb55-4fed-98b4-000544ec724f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 188.xml"
source_hash: "02bd3b7276c11ba162653b4f4babbedfac7d8e9208d0ca6e771226305dcb9558"
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 188 (88) — Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; 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/SB00188I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **114–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miles — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** 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/d4b5f254-fb55-4fed-98b4-000544ec724f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).