---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a requirement that employers post notice of certain information regarding reporting instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity."
description: "Relating to a requirement that employers post notice of certain information regarding reporting instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 915"
citation: "Texas HB 915 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Labor--Management Relations (I0465)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Jones, Jolanda", "Parker", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ea3e9f5-60a5-41ea-b774-3bd6aecc9e1b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 915.xml"
source_hash: "7f910f97f574f36dad17321b9e1f7077cfdf8c94b5a0b4d9615b283f2f5e08d2"
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 HB 915 (88) — Relating to a requirement that employers post notice of certain information regarding reporting instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity.

## 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/HB00915I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00915E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00915H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00915S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00915F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **121–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-14** 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/9ea3e9f5-60a5-41ea-b774-3bd6aecc9e1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).