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TX SB 441

enacted

Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 441 pass?

Yes. TX SB 441 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 441 about?

TX SB 441 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 441?

Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Lalani are the primary sponsors of TX SB 441, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-21
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Lalaniprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Westcosponsor

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. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-06-02

    Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction

  8. 2025-06-02

    House adopts resolution for tech. correction

  9. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  10. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-05-31

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-31

    Rules suspended

  18. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  19. 2025-05-30

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  20. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  22. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  23. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

  24. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  25. 2025-05-28

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  26. 2025-05-28

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  27. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees

  28. 2025-05-28

    Senate requests conference committee

  29. 2025-05-28

    Senate refuses to concur

  30. 2025-05-28

    Read

  31. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  32. 2025-05-27

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  33. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-27

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  36. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-05-27

    Laid out as postponed business

  40. 2025-05-27

    Postponed

  41. 2025-05-27

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  42. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  50. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  51. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  52. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  53. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  54. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

  55. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  56. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  57. 2025-05-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  58. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  59. 2025-04-30

    Left pending in committee

  60. 2025-04-30

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  61. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  62. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  63. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  64. 2025-03-19

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  65. 2025-03-18

    Reported engrossed

  66. 2025-03-18

    Record vote

  67. 2025-03-18

    Passed

    passage

  68. 2025-03-18

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  69. 2025-03-18

    Record vote

  70. 2025-03-18

    Three day rule suspended

  71. 2025-03-18

    Vote recorded in Journal

  72. 2025-03-18

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  73. 2025-03-18

    Vote recorded in Journal

  74. 2025-03-18

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  75. 2025-03-18

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  76. 2025-03-18

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  77. 2025-03-18

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  78. 2025-03-18

    Co-author authorized

  79. 2025-03-12

    Co-author authorized

  80. 2025-03-11

    Placed on intent calendar

  81. 2025-03-06

    Committee report printed and distributed

  82. 2025-03-06

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  83. 2025-03-04

    Vote taken in committee

  84. 2025-03-04

    Testimony taken in committee

  85. 2025-03-04

    Considered in public hearing

  86. 2025-03-04

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  87. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  88. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  89. 2024-11-21

    Filed

    filing

  90. 2024-11-21

    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 441 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-18 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Blanco: absent

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-03-18 · pass · 0-0

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-03-18 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 143-0

    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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Little: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Simmon: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 104-36

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: 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
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bell, C.: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Patterson: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Shahee: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 31-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • Button: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Craddick: no
    • Curry: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Villalobos: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Garcia, L.: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Tinderholt: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Gerdes: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Reynolds: absent

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