Bill Commons

TX SB 1278

vetoed

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

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1278 pass?

No. TX SB 1278 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2025-06-22. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Vetoed by the Governor

What is TX SB 1278 about?

TX SB 1278 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1278?

Parker, Thompson, Smithee and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1278, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-02-14
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Parkerprimary
  • Thompsonprimary
  • Smitheeprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Blancocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-14

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-29

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-29

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-05-06

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-05-07

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-05-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-07

    Three day rule suspended

  18. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  24. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-12

    Posting rule suspended

  27. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  29. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  31. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  33. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  34. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  35. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  36. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  39. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  46. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  47. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  48. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  49. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  50. 2025-06-22

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1278 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 142-0

    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
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: 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
    • 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
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: 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
    • 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
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Canale: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 140-0

    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
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: 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, 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
    • Holt: 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
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: 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
    • 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
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Zwiene: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1278.xml

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