Bill Commons

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 1422 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1422 has been enacted into law. 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

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-05-25

    Co-sponsor authorized

  18. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  19. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-05-22

    Vote taken in committee

  21. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-05-15

    Received from the House

    introduction

  26. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  28. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  29. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  31. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  35. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  36. 2025-05-11

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-05-01

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  39. 2025-04-30

    Committee report distributed

  40. 2025-04-30

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  41. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2025-04-22

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  43. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  44. 2025-04-22

    Recalled from subcommittee

  45. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in subcommittee

  46. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  47. 2025-04-03

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  48. 2025-04-03

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

  49. 2025-03-25

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  50. 2025-03-11

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  51. 2025-03-11

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  52. 2024-11-20

    Filed

    filing

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

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