---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization."
description: "Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 694"
citation: "Texas SB 694 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Religion (I0646)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c510e85-9873-4e5d-a40f-d6abfd6a3371"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 694.xml"
source_hash: "df92b132e3553e01a77244d22722be9bc0d095f29a8c01164fbdb2f1024dcdf8"
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 694 (88) — Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization.

## 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/SB00694I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **86–53** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-11** Record vote
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2023-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `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
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** 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
- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** 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/4c510e85-9873-4e5d-a40f-d6abfd6a3371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).