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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Texas SB 12 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES (S2194)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Harris, Caroline", "Hughes", "Isaac", "Metcalf", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 85
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/575fa851-d4fb-4471-8611-1b9d00cb8799"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 12.xml"
source_hash: "f2ba16b97e43f381194a6a044637953f59022a7f705f42a9ca15aa84f616cc20"
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 12 (88) — Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil 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/SB00012I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **2011** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8754** (pass) · lower
- passage — **8812** (pass) · lower
- passage — **2011** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8754** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1912** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **2011** (pass) · upper
- passage — **9345** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Isaac — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-05** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Remarks ordered printed
- **2023-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-25** Read
- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conference committee
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** 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/575fa851-d4fb-4471-8611-1b9d00cb8799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).