---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization and of sedition."
description: "Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization and of sedition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1900"
citation: "Texas SB 1900 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Morals (I0180)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Crimes--Capital Punishment (I0195)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "GANGS (S0154)", "ORGANIZED CRIME (S1233)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "TERRORISM & INTERNAL SECURITY (S0574)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Guillen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06fdb3d4-4eb3-4527-9c6c-46480edefcff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1900.xml"
source_hash: "4136bf72050e0f0f0a31a0f4d8b1c7a59efce0ed0b22ee6c222ff2956a85eb1a"
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 1900 (88) — Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization and of sedition.

## 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/SB01900I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01900E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01900H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01900S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01900F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **93–51** (pass) · lower
- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** 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/06fdb3d4-4eb3-4527-9c6c-46480edefcff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).