---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the commitment order for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are committed to state supported living centers."
description: "Relating to the commitment order for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are committed to state supported living centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "Texas SB 944 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "CIVIL COMMITMENT (S0002)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Lambert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb886b07-ecde-4507-90b2-db89975ba0bb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 944.xml"
source_hash: "78ab51bb6e20b8463a1d4d13b9f91e267180969d66e28773b7c77604e1b602a1"
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 944 (88) — Relating to the commitment order for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are committed to state supported living centers.

## 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/SB00944I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **134–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-19** Read
- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-22** 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/eb886b07-ecde-4507-90b2-db89975ba0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).