Bill Commons

TX SB 20

enacted

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 20 pass?

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

What is TX SB 20 about?

TX SB 20 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 20?

Flores, Hagenbuch, Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" and 4 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 20, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Floresprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Hancockcosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor

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. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-26

    Read

  11. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  15. 2025-05-22

    Laid out as postponed business

  16. 2025-05-22

    Postponed

  17. 2025-05-22

    Laid out as postponed business

  18. 2025-05-22

    Postponed

  19. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-21

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  24. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  25. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  26. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  27. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  28. 2025-05-15

    Committee report distributed

  29. 2025-05-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  30. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  32. 2025-05-01

    Left pending in committee

  33. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  34. 2025-05-01

    Recalled from subcommittee

  35. 2025-04-24

    Left pending in subcommittee

  36. 2025-04-24

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  37. 2025-04-24

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  38. 2025-04-23

    Posting rule suspended

  39. 2025-04-22

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  40. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  41. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  42. 2025-03-13

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  43. 2025-03-12

    Reported engrossed

  44. 2025-03-12

    Record vote

  45. 2025-03-12

    Passed

    passage

  46. 2025-03-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  47. 2025-03-12

    Record vote

  48. 2025-03-12

    Three day rule suspended

  49. 2025-03-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-03-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-03-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  52. 2025-03-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  53. 2025-03-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  54. 2025-03-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  55. 2025-03-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  56. 2025-03-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  57. 2025-03-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  58. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  59. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  60. 2025-03-12

    Co-author authorized

  61. 2025-03-11

    Placed on intent calendar

  62. 2025-03-11

    Co-author authorized

  63. 2025-03-06

    Committee report printed and distributed

  64. 2025-03-06

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  65. 2025-03-04

    Vote taken in committee

  66. 2025-03-04

    Testimony taken in committee

  67. 2025-03-04

    Considered in public hearing

  68. 2025-03-04

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  69. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  70. 2025-02-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  71. 2025-02-26

    Co-author authorized

  72. 2025-02-24

    Filed

    filing

  73. 2025-02-24

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 20 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-12 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-03-12 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 142-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • 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: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 139-0

    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
    • 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
    • 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: 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
    • Leach: 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
    • 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
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Mez: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 31-0

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