---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to training for peace officers on responding to and investigating child fatalities."
description: "Relating to training for peace officers on responding to and investigating child fatalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 533"
citation: "Texas SB 533 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Plesa", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d31ad95-c0e5-4c4a-b4cd-4c1ec413009b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 533.xml"
source_hash: "f8ad287956d0469bba854815a99f1c4fd7f825548b2e46c76f9433c5e2f1554d"
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 533 (88) — Relating to training for peace officers on responding to and investigating child fatalities.

## 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/SB00533I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00533E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00533H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00533S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00533F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paxton — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **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`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** 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** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-06-18** 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/6d31ad95-c0e5-4c4a-b4cd-4c1ec413009b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).