---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an animal share exemption for certain meat and meat food products; providing a civil penalty."
description: "Relating to an animal share exemption for certain meat and meat food products; providing a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "Texas SB 691 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "Animals (I0035)", "FOOD (S0761)", "Health--General (I0385)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Oliverson", "Price", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7c4895f-e01d-4c87-a4b2-df6fa713eaad"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 691.xml"
source_hash: "6c7ba4505a438159b8b5eb76dfadfb4574ef9e817d075de67e1d6c5828638ee5"
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 691 (88) — Relating to an animal share exemption for certain meat and meat food products; providing a civil penalty.

## 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/SB00691I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00691E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00691H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00691S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00691F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **126–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** 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/f7c4895f-e01d-4c87-a4b2-df6fa713eaad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).