---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction."
description: "Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 667"
citation: "Texas SB 667 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HISTORICAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0238)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "Legislature (I0520)", "TEXAS BLACK RECONSTRUCTION LEGISLATORS RECOGNITION ACT (PB41I)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Rose", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35872292-adac-4430-8c79-e5001b7f3830"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 667.xml"
source_hash: "4c057c5892c96a0d5aedf6455027c76058fc766edbf6e71506281f823b4feaba"
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 667 (88) — Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction.

## 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/SB00667I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-05** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Not again 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 Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **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`
- **2023-05-25** 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/35872292-adac-4430-8c79-e5001b7f3830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).