Bill Commons

TX HB 236

died on adjournment

Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

Texas · 892 · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 236 pass?

No. TX HB 236 died when the 892 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-20): Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

What is TX HB 236 about?

TX HB 236 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 236?

Gates, Bumgarner, Louderback and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 236, joined by 53 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-08-20
Latest action
2025-08-20 — Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gatesprimary
  • Bumgarnerprimary
  • Louderbackprimary
  • Holtprimary
  • Hayesprimary
  • Troxclaircosponsor
  • Tothcosponsor
  • Tinderholtcosponsor
  • Teppercosponsor
  • Swansoncosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Shaheencosponsor
  • Schoolcraftcosponsor
  • Schatzlinecosponsor
  • Richardsoncosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Orrcosponsor
  • Oliversoncosponsor
  • Olcottcosponsor
  • Morgancosponsor
  • Moneycosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • McQueeneycosponsor
  • McLaughlincosponsor
  • Luthercosponsor
  • Lowecosponsor
  • Lopez, Janiecosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • Leachcosponsor
  • LaHoodcosponsor
  • Kerwincosponsor
  • Hoppercosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Hefnercosponsor
  • Harris Davilacosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Gerdescosponsor
  • Frankcosponsor
  • Fairlycosponsor
  • Dysoncosponsor
  • Doraziocosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • Currycosponsor
  • Cunninghamcosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Caincosponsor
  • Wilsoncosponsor
  • Bell, Keithcosponsor
  • Alderscosponsor
  • Buckleycosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Virdellcosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Vasutcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-08-18

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-08-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-08-20

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:35:18.766313Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

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