---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons."
description: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 955"
citation: "Texas SB 955 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b17e12-387f-4e39-b649-fd10e3e8c0ef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 955.xml"
source_hash: "7de822ffbe34294b4903ba42d330f21f4fef9ddcbea420db6389f00988b95673"
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 955 (89R) — Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.

## 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/SB00955I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00955E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00955H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00955S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00955F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-07** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
- **2025-05-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-13** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/96b17e12-387f-4e39-b649-fd10e3e8c0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).