---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities."
description: "Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1283"
citation: "Texas SB 1283 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Crime Prevention (I0083)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra", "Little", "Morales Shaw", "Noble", "Parker", "Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b56e4b85-596e-4f79-b668-167e9ec52eff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1283.xml"
source_hash: "ed33b36f7b904898407ce22a0d7d34270d7d7a862c3ad7bd8b6ef6e558f89ddd"
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 1283 (89R) — Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01283I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01283E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01283H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01283S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01283F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — primary (person)
- Little — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-23** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-29** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-21** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b56e4b85-596e-4f79-b668-167e9ec52eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).