TX HB 748

died on adjournment

Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 748 pass?

No. TX HB 748 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Not again placed on intent calendar

What is TX HB 748 about?

TX HB 748 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 748?

Little, Paxton, Cook and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 748, joined by 18 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-05
Latest action: 2025-05-27 — Not again placed on intent calendar
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-03-05
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-05
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
referral-committee
2025-03-19
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-19
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-03-19
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-19
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-24
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-03-25
Committee report distributed
2025-03-25
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-01
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-08
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-08
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-08
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-08
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-08
Record vote
2025-04-09
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-09
Passed
passage
2025-04-09
Record vote
2025-04-09
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-09
Reported engrossed
2025-04-09
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-06
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-06
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-08
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-08
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-08
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-08
Left pending in committee
2025-05-12
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-14
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-14
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-14
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-15
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-15
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-19
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-19
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-27
Not again placed on intent calendar

Versions

IntroducedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
Senate Committee ReportCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-08 · pass · 149-0
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
- Geren: 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
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
passage
2025-04-09 · pass · 147-0
Member-level votes (152)
- 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
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: 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
- 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
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Toth: absent
- Harrison: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 1587
Companion bill: SB 835

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 748.xml

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