---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain notifications related to the rights of crime victims."
description: "Relating to certain notifications related to the rights of crime victims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2101"
citation: "Texas SB 2101 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Darby", "Leach", "Miles", "Morales, Christina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9d45229-0640-4bd5-a3bc-d3a13a7ac00e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2101.xml"
source_hash: "b98054b9bb56a0d2e2c759f0437be9d313c5f461e1fd8f89c15741fd7f2a5791"
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 2101 (88) — Relating to certain notifications related to the rights of crime victims.

## 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/SB02101I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02101E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02101H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02101S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02101F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Morales, Christina — 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 Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** No action taken in committee
- **2023-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** 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 Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-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`
- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord 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** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **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/a9d45229-0640-4bd5-a3bc-d3a13a7ac00e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).