TX SB 412

enacted

Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 412 pass?

Yes. TX SB 412 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-19. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 412 about?

TX SB 412 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 412?

Middleton, Patterson, Hickland and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 412, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2024-11-21
Latest action: 2025-05-19 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-21
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2024-11-21
Filed
filing
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Referred to Criminal Justice
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-04
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-04
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-04
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-06
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-06
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-11
Co-author authorized
2025-03-11
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-12
Co-author authorized
2025-03-18
Co-author authorized
2025-03-18
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-18
Record vote
2025-03-18
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-03-18
Record vote
2025-03-18
Statement(s) submitted
2025-03-19
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-19
Passed
passage
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Reported engrossed
2025-03-20
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-09
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-28
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-28
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-29
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-29
Committee report distributed
2025-04-29
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-01
Laid out in lieu of companion
2025-05-01
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-01
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-05-01
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-05-01
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-01
Record vote
2025-05-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-02
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-02
Passed
passage
2025-05-02
Record vote
2025-05-02
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-05
House passage reported
passage
2025-05-05
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-07
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-07
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-07
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-19
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-19
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law

Versions

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Senate Committee ReportCompare
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House Committee ReportCompare
EnrolledCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-03-18 · pass · 21-9
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Blanco: absent
passage
2025-03-19 · pass · 22-9
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-05-01 · pass · 99-31
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: 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
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: 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
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bowers: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Holt: absent
- Talaric: absent
- Allen: absent
- Ashby: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Bryant: absent
- Buckley: absent
- Cunningham: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Frank: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Hunter: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- King: absent
- Leach: absent
- Leo Wilson: absent
- Schoolcraft: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Mood: absent
passage
2025-05-02 · pass · 92-39
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Cole: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Ordaz: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Guerr: not voting
- Campos: absent
- Canales: absent
- Collier: absent
- Holt: absent
- LaHood: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Fischer: absent
- McLaughlin: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Muñoz: absent
- Schatzline: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Dutton: absent
- King: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- V: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: HB 947
Companion bill: HB 267
Companion bill: HB 1434

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 412.xml

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