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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 535 pass?

Yes. TX SB 535 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. 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

Subjects

Sponsors

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-05

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-12-05

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-18

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-19

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-03-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  12. 2025-03-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  13. 2025-03-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  14. 2025-03-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  15. 2025-03-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-03-24

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-03-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-03-24

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  21. 2025-03-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-03-24

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-03-24

    Record vote

  24. 2025-03-24

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-03-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  26. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-05-06

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-06

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  30. 2025-05-06

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  32. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  34. 2025-05-16

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  37. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-05-23

    Rules suspended

  39. 2025-05-23

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  40. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  41. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  42. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

  46. 2025-05-24

    Laid out as postponed business

  47. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

  48. 2025-05-24

    Laid out as postponed business

  49. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  50. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  51. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  52. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  53. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  54. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  55. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  56. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  57. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  58. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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

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