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TX HB 1422

enacted

Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties; changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 1422 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1422 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 1422 about?

TX HB 1422 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties; changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1422?

Hull, Huffman are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1422, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-11
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hullprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Florescosponsor
  • Garcia, Joseycosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-20

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-11

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-11

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-25

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  5. 2025-04-03

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  6. 2025-04-03

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  8. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in subcommittee

  9. 2025-04-22

    Recalled from subcommittee

  10. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-22

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  12. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-30

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  14. 2025-04-30

    Committee report distributed

  15. 2025-05-01

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  17. 2025-05-11

    Placed on General State Calendar

  18. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  24. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  25. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  26. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  27. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-05-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  29. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-22

    Vote taken in committee

  34. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  36. 2025-05-25

    Co-sponsor authorized

  37. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  38. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  39. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  42. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  44. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  45. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  47. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  48. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  49. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  50. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  51. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  52. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 138-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Olcott: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 139-1

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Garcia: no
    • J: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1422 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-25 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1422.xml

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