---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools."
description: "Relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2069"
citation: "Texas SB 2069 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "SIGNS (S0235)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc8bdb39-e396-4c95-8265-45d1236474dc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2069.xml"
source_hash: "372393a551e615b5ef04efbeaf565fecaf987077efb5378202596e12290ce5dd"
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 2069 (88) — Relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools.

## 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/SB02069I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02069E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02069H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02069S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02069F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **91–53** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **86–50** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **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** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, 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 Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-04** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Record vote
- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-05-19** 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/bc8bdb39-e396-4c95-8265-45d1236474dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).