republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-2429.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reporting procedures and training programs for law enforcement agencies regarding missing children and missing persons."
description: "Relating to reporting procedures and training programs for law enforcement agencies regarding missing children and missing persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2429"
citation: "Texas SB 2429 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARREST WARRANTS (S0245)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MISSING CHILDREN (S2362)", "MISSING PERSONS (S0242)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Klick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78436f41-a906-4131-a6a9-975a47a5b26b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2429.xml"
source_hash: "f8f1f333e62dcec49ae8ef2eda36edc0923a5e4e1676840b0fe4fbc1fcc4ddf4"
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 2429 (88) — Relating to reporting procedures and training programs for law enforcement agencies regarding missing children and missing persons.

## 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/SB02429I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02429E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02429H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02429S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02429F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2429 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **135–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- West — 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`
- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-13** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-17** Record vote
- **2023-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Record vote
- **2023-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** 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/78436f41-a906-4131-a6a9-975a47a5b26b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).