Bill Commons

TX SB 535

enacted

Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 535 pass?

Yes. TX SB 535 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 535 about?

TX SB 535 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 535?

Huffman, Capriglione, Johnson and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 535.

Introduced
2024-12-05
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Huffmanprimary
  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Gámezprimary
  • Cookprimary

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. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-24

    Laid out as postponed business

  12. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

  13. 2025-05-24

    Laid out as postponed business

  14. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

  15. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  16. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  19. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-05-23

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  21. 2025-05-23

    Rules suspended

  22. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  23. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  24. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  25. 2025-05-16

    Committee report distributed

  26. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  27. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  29. 2025-05-06

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-06

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  31. 2025-05-06

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-03-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  35. 2025-03-24

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  37. 2025-03-24

    Passed

    passage

  38. 2025-03-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  40. 2025-03-24

    Three day rule suspended

  41. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-03-24

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-03-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-03-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  46. 2025-03-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-03-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  48. 2025-03-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  49. 2025-03-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  50. 2025-03-19

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  51. 2025-03-18

    Vote taken in committee

  52. 2025-03-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  53. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  55. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  56. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  57. 2024-12-05

    Filed

    filing

  58. 2024-12-05

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-03-24 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 535 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-24 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Miles: absent

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-03-24 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 134-0

    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
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: 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, 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
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: 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
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: 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
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • King: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Perez, V.: absent
    • Virdell: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 135-0

    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
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: 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
    • Jones, J.: 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
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • E: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Simmon: absent

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 535.xml

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