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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education."
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description: "Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education."
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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: "SB 18"
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citation: "Texas SB 18 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--Faculty (I0236)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Kuempel", "Middleton", "Parker", "Paxton", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Springer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 113
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-03-10"
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last_action: "2023-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea06a60-0b68-4bc2-8d8b-62bbf0aff5e4"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 18.xml"
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source_hash: "4ff2596a4109997bd0341904075c35c326f07b64df0342c6d92ac77ba909baaf"
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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 18 (88) — Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education.
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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/SB00018I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **83–61** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **85–59** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Kuempel — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Sparks — primary (person)
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- Springer — primary (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** Referred to s/c on Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
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- **2023-03-30** Considered by subcommittee
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- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in subcommittee
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- **2023-03-30** Left pending in subcommittee
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- **2023-04-03** Considered by subcommittee
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- **2023-04-03** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
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- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-18** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-18** Point of order sustained
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- **2023-05-18** Returned to committee
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- **2023-05-18** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-18** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-20** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-22** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Postponed
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- **2023-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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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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- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2023-05-25** Read
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- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-27** Senate discharges conferees
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- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-27** Record vote
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- **2023-05-27** Senate discharges conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-17** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/dea06a60-0b68-4bc2-8d8b-62bbf0aff5e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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