---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies."
description: "Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1376"
citation: "Texas SB 1376 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d329e9b0-489b-4b97-b42d-a14507daf49c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1376.xml"
source_hash: "3dd27397786aee5c89628551647ca60692ccc57fc2257d0282522ba7f093ee63"
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 1376 (88) — Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies.

## 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/SB01376I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parker — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — 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 Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-18** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **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
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-27** Read
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** 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/d329e9b0-489b-4b97-b42d-a14507daf49c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).