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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school."
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description: "Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 18"
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citation: "Texas HB 18 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADVERTISING (S2680)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "SECURING CHILDREN ONLINE THROUGH PARENTAL EMPOWERMENT (SCOPE) ACT (PJ6Q7)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Darby", "González, Mary", "Hughes", "Patterson", "Slawson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 88
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f18f2e-4d95-4da4-922f-06ce218b1ca0"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 18.xml"
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source_hash: "6e454ec7fdce4ed7de6b4d7b4a3e4d172c513b7d5e557fbad86ba984ffdecf82"
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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 HB 18 (88) — Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB00018I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00018E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00018H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00018S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00018F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 18 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **120–21** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **120–21** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **125–20** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burrows — primary (person)
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- Darby — primary (person)
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Slawson — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Campos — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Gates — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- Geren — cosponsor (person)
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- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
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- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
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- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Klick — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
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- Orr — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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- Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Raney — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
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- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-04-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-25** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-25** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-04-25** Record vote
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- **2023-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-25** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-04-25** Record vote
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- **2023-04-25** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Record vote
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- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-15** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-22** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
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- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-23** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-23** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-23** Record vote
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- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Record vote
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- **2023-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-28** House discharges conferees
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- **2023-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-28** House discharges conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-13** See remarks for effective date
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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/54f18f2e-4d95-4da4-922f-06ce218b1ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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