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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 29 Texas SB 29 (88)
bill
COVID-19 (SB9YM)
City Government--General (I0060)
County Government--General (I0096)
Education--School Districts (I0220)
Health--General (I0385)
Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)
IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)
enacted
Birdwell
Gerdes
Lozano
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 29 (88) — Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 2010 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 9053 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 8653 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 9053 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 8760 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 2011 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2011 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Birdwell — primary (person)
  • Gerdes — primary (person)
  • Lozano — primary (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Blanco — cosponsor (person)
  • Campbell — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)
  • Hall — cosponsor (person)
  • Hancock — cosponsor (person)
  • Huffman — cosponsor (person)
  • Hughes — cosponsor (person)
  • King — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • Middleton — cosponsor (person)
  • Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Paxton — cosponsor (person)
  • Perry — cosponsor (person)
  • Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
  • Sparks — cosponsor (person)
  • Springer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-03-09 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2023-03-09 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-09 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-09 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-03-16 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-20 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-03-20 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-20 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-03-20 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-03-22 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-22 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-03-23 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-29 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-29 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-03-30 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-30 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-03-30 Record vote
  • 2023-03-30 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
  • 2023-03-30 Record vote
  • 2023-04-03 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-04-03 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-04-03 Record vote
  • 2023-04-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-03 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-03 Record vote
  • 2023-04-03 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-04 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
  • 2023-05-17 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-17 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-05-17 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-19 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-20 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-20 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-05-20 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-22 Placed on Major State Calendar
  • 2023-05-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-22 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-22 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-22 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-05-22 Point of order sustained (amendment)
  • 2023-05-22 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-05-22 Point of order sustained (amendment)
  • 2023-05-22 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-22 Record vote
  • 2023-05-22 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-23 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-23 Record vote
  • 2023-05-23 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
  • 2023-05-26 Conference committee report filed filing
  • 2023-05-26 Corrected Conference committee report filed filing
  • 2023-05-26 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  • 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 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
  • 2023-06-02 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-02 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba1cb5a1-bbf6-40fe-b0f1-9d5aa0404e60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).