---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1346"
citation: "Texas SB 1346 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Environment--Solid Waste (I0330)", "LITTER (S0295)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Miles"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/867dd2e4-2ad2-40a0-8ff5-f069ecfb5b33"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1346.xml"
source_hash: "7b5cc9853787b9d4cc199b529206259b1703f0700021f282ff60cf176d710070"
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 1346 (88) — Relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses.

## 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/SB01346I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01346E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01346H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01346S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01346F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **99–45** (pass) · lower
- passage — **120–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-09** 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`
- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-25** 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/867dd2e4-2ad2-40a0-8ff5-f069ecfb5b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).