---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to human trafficking, including the prosecution and punishment of compelling and solicitation of prostitution and other sexual or assaultive offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to human trafficking, including the prosecution and punishment of compelling and solicitation of prostitution and other sexual or assaultive offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1527"
citation: "Texas SB 1527 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Aliens (I0032)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "FORGERY (S0169)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL (V1157)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TASK FORCE (V0786)", "MASSAGE THERAPY & MASSAGE THERAPISTS (S1298)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PORNOGRAPHY (S0379)", "PROSTITUTION (S0016)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Huffman", "Hunter", "Leach", "Moody", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68289e8-5f95-4df7-958b-22f577eb9ed4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1527.xml"
source_hash: "d5535cb416aa195f098f8c339b8e2d0e2ae6143cd04cb89084319557acdddb07"
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 1527 (88) — Relating to human trafficking, including the prosecution and punishment of compelling and solicitation of prostitution and other sexual or assaultive offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense.

## 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/SB01527I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01527E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01527H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01527S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01527F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **126–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-30** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2023-03-31** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2023-03-31** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/b68289e8-5f95-4df7-958b-22f577eb9ed4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).