---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of a criminal offense concerning the failure of certain persons to report mistreatment of residents of group homes."
description: "Relating to the creation of a criminal offense concerning the failure of certain persons to report mistreatment of residents of group homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Texas SB 189 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lalani", "Miles", "Reynolds", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a719f147-6020-4ba4-b4a3-ef43f816d3fb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 189.xml"
source_hash: "37f253677a5368afb058f5ca14715f199fbd8b2de18af7a283e305d8e4c06650"
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 189 (88) — Relating to the creation of a criminal offense concerning the failure of certain persons to report mistreatment of residents of group homes.

## 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/SB00189I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00189E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00189H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00189S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00189F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **111–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lalani — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (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`
- **2023-02-21** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** 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
- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** 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
- **2023-05-18** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Postponed
- **2023-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-26** Read
- **2023-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** 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`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/a719f147-6020-4ba4-b4a3-ef43f816d3fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).