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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prevention of, reporting regarding, investigation of, prosecution of, criminal and civil penalties for, and other consequences of prostitution, trafficking of persons, and related criminal offenses, to treatment, services, and compensation available to victims of those offenses, and to orders of nondisclosure for certain persons who are victims of certain of those offenses."
description: "Relating to the prevention of, reporting regarding, investigation of, prosecution of, criminal and civil penalties for, and other consequences of prostitution, trafficking of persons, and related criminal offenses, to treatment, services, and compensation available to victims of those offenses, and to orders of nondisclosure for certain persons who are victims of certain of those offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Texas SB 20 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Governor (I0375)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "MASSAGE THERAPY & MASSAGE THERAPISTS (S1298)", "PROSTITUTION (S0016)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Campbell", "Collier", "Davis, Yvonne", "Flores", "Huffman", "Krause", "Nelson", "Paxton", "Perry", "Thompson, Senfronia", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 111
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3c3d25a-1ba7-4caa-8ef7-56d2d118a23e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 20.xml"
source_hash: "dcc3ce9642e3087678f5ba9abd41acfc6a4d3f76e5069c23731caabe6b874309"
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 20 (86) — Relating to the prevention of, reporting regarding, investigation of, prosecution of, criminal and civil penalties for, and other consequences of prostitution, trafficking of persons, and related criminal offenses, to treatment, services, and compensation available to victims of those offenses, and to orders of nondisclosure for certain persons who are victims of certain of those offenses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00020I.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **1460** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- passage — **12610** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1358** (pass) · lower
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Postponed
- **2019-05-15** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-15** Postponed
- **2019-05-17** Recommitted to committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-21** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-21** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3c3d25a-1ba7-4caa-8ef7-56d2d118a23e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).