---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 947"
citation: "Texas SB 947 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "King"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0504cd75-d93b-4ce9-aafa-64e841313852"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 947.xml"
source_hash: "1cac80b7b42df6921925bd90fea0547277844888199169300325de4fdea4827a"
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 947 (88) — Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances; increasing a criminal penalty.

## 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/SB00947I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00947E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00947H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00947S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00947F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunter — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (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 Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-28** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-11** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-12** 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 Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-02** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-22** 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** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-24** Co-author authorized
- **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/0504cd75-d93b-4ce9-aafa-64e841313852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).