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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses."
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description: "Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 766"
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citation: "Texas SB 766 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES (S2194)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hunter", "Leach", "Thierry", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 91
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0de3048-d8c7-4d6d-9b7f-e8205d13e9f2"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 766.xml"
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source_hash: "45412b85e7c700d310444ec0f72086f1038abe7196cf23ebf42cc16623201325"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 766 (87) — Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Hunter — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Thierry — primary (person)
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- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-11** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-20** Record vote
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- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-20** Record vote
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- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-28** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-05** Meeting cancelled
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- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-20** Postponed
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- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2021-05-23** Postponed
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- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2021-05-23** Postponed
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- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2021-05-24** Postponed
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- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2021-05-24** Postponed
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- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-25** Record vote
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- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-27** Read
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- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
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- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0de3048-d8c7-4d6d-9b7f-e8205d13e9f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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