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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to workplace violence prevention in certain health facilities."
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description: "Relating to workplace violence prevention in certain health facilities."
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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 240"
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citation: "Texas SB 240 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Labor--Health & Safety (I0490)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Campbell", "Howard", "Klick", "Oliverson", "Rogers"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-11-16"
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last_action: "2023-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a71ddfd1-7c68-4fe5-b1df-eee6bd7473e4"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 240.xml"
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source_hash: "e7d09ad3b14aabf4173e4b01e4e3d35335256403404285a6f36ff47a0d229461"
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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 240 (88) — Relating to workplace violence prevention in certain health facilities.
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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/SB00240I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00240E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00240H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00240S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00240F.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 SB 240 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **122–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen — primary (person)
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Howard — primary (person)
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- Klick — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Campos — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
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- Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2022-11-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-15** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-22** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-23** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-23** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-03-27** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-03-27** Record vote
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- **2023-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Record vote
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- **2023-03-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-03-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-03** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-17** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Record vote
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- **2023-04-18** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-02** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2023-05-02** Read
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- **2023-05-02** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2023-05-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-03** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-15** 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/a71ddfd1-7c68-4fe5-b1df-eee6bd7473e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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