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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the use of hypnotically induced statements in a criminal trial."
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description: "Relating to the use of hypnotically induced statements in a criminal trial."
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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 338"
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citation: "Texas SB 338 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "WITNESSES (S0015)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Leach"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-12-28"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e7bd93-a488-49da-81bd-ec129e960a59"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 338.xml"
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source_hash: "9fe23cfbd3f69a20e2bf01cec79e2b16a9c2e951de1611b039bdd22c02bc1742"
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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 338 (88) — Relating to the use of hypnotically induced statements in a criminal trial.
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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/SB00338I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00338E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00338H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00338S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00338F.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 CSSB 338 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **128–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hinojosa — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-12-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2022-12-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-11** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-04-11** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-18** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
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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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- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-25** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-05-02** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, 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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- **2023-05-18** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
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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 reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
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- **2023-06-18** 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/e0e7bd93-a488-49da-81bd-ec129e960a59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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