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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools providing silent panic alert technology in classrooms."
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description: "Relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools providing silent panic alert technology in classrooms."
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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 838"
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citation: "Texas SB 838 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ALERT SYSTEM (S0523)", "ALYSSA'S LAW (PG3TF)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Collier", "Creighton", "King, Tracy O.", "Thierry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-10"
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last_action: "2023-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8384ad0-7af4-473f-867f-f821e13cda01"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 838.xml"
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source_hash: "bfa124fa2f7484b3cd156fd27229c57fdbd65b5fdf6d819a7e3e6263caad1c5c"
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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 838 (88) — Relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools providing silent panic alert technology in classrooms.
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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/SB00838I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00838E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00838H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00838S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00838F.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 838 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buckley — primary (person)
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- Collier — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
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- Thierry — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
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- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
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- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Neave Criado — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Walle — 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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- **2023-02-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-21** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-03** 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** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-11** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-11** Record vote
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- **2023-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-11** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-11** Record vote
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- **2023-04-11** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-14** Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-21** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-24** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2023-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-24** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-25** Record vote
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- **2023-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-26** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-05** Effective immediately `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/e8384ad0-7af4-473f-867f-f821e13cda01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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