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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check."
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description: "Relating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check."
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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 728"
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citation: "Texas SB 728 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "INCAPACITATED PERSONS (S0353)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Leach"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-07"
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last_action: "2023-06-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6581df0-eff3-4cc7-80b1-137b27437874"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 728.xml"
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source_hash: "b3269829fade3fc330af68d5c222f8edae78287bfa47bd13efd5b39304a1f037"
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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 728 (88) — Relating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check.
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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/SB00728I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00728E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00728H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00728S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00728F.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 728 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **116–28** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- King — 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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- **2023-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-02-21** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-02-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-02** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-02** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-03** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-07** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-03-08** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-03-08** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-03-08** Record vote
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- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-08** Record vote
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- **2023-03-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-03-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-10** Referred to Community Safety, Select `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-11** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Record vote
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- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-17** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-02** 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/c6581df0-eff3-4cc7-80b1-137b27437874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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