Bill Commons

TX HB 449

vetoed

Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit media using deep fake technology.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 449 pass?

No. TX HB 449 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Vetoed by the Governor

What is TX HB 449 about?

TX HB 449 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit media using deep fake technology.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 449?

Huffman, González, Mary are the primary sponsors of TX HB 449, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-28
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Huffmanprimary
  • González, Maryprimary
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Lalanicosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Zaffirinicosponsor
  • Bell, Keithcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-22

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

  2. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  4. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  6. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-28

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-24

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  12. 2025-05-24

    Senate Amendments distributed

  13. 2025-05-24

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-23

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-23

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  22. 2025-05-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  23. 2025-05-23

    Co-sponsor authorized

  24. 2025-05-21

    Committee report printed and distributed

  25. 2025-05-21

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-05-20

    Vote taken in committee

  27. 2025-05-20

    Testimony taken in committee

  28. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  30. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-05-07

    Received from the House

    introduction

  33. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  36. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  37. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment

  38. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-05

    Placed on General State Calendar

  40. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  41. 2025-05-01

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-04-30

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-04-30

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  44. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  45. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  47. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  48. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  49. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  50. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  51. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 147-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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, 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: 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
    • Lambert: 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
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: 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
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Geren: absent
    • W: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 449 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 134-1

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: 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
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: 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
    • 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
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: 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
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Lowe: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Cook: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Gámez: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Ples: absent

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 449.xml

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