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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization."
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description: "Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization."
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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 694"
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citation: "Texas SB 694 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Religion (I0646)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Leach"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-03"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c510e85-9873-4e5d-a40f-d6abfd6a3371"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 694.xml"
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source_hash: "df92b132e3553e01a77244d22722be9bc0d095f29a8c01164fbdb2f1024dcdf8"
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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 694 (88) — Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization.
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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/SB00694I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **86–53** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **21–9** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-11** Record vote
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- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-24** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-05-03** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-17** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-17** 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** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/4c510e85-9873-4e5d-a40f-d6abfd6a3371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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