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TX SB 761

enacted

Relating to the offense of sexual assault and to the rights of crime victims, including the enforcement of certain rights of sexual assault victims; authorizing a civil penalty.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 761 pass?

Yes. TX SB 761 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-27. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 761 about?

TX SB 761 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the offense of sexual assault and to the rights of crime victims, including the enforcement of certain rights of sexual assault victims; authorizing a civil penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 761?

Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Thompson, Hull are the primary sponsors of TX SB 761.

Introduced
2025-01-10
Latest action
2025-05-27 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Thompsonprimary
  • Hullprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-10

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-07

    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

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-03-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-03-24

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  14. 2025-03-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-03-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  16. 2025-03-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-03-26

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-03-26

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  22. 2025-03-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  23. 2025-03-26

    Passed

    passage

  24. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  25. 2025-03-26

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-03-27

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-08

    Considered in formal meeting

  30. 2025-05-08

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-09

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  32. 2025-05-09

    Committee report distributed

  33. 2025-05-09

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  34. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  35. 2025-05-09

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-09

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-05-09

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-09

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-10

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  41. 2025-05-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-10

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-12

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-14

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  47. 2025-05-14

    Read

  48. 2025-05-14

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  49. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-14

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  51. 2025-05-14

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  52. 2025-05-15

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  53. 2025-05-15

    Signed in the House

    passage

  54. 2025-05-15

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  55. 2025-05-27

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  56. 2025-05-27

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 761 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-26 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-03-26 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-09 · pass · 136-1

    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
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: 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
    • 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
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: 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
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: 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
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Ros: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • King: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-10 · pass · 116-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: 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
    • 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
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: 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
    • Swanson: 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
    • Campos: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Goodwin: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Perez, M.: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Gerdes: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Leo Wilson: absent
    • Lopez, J.: absent
    • Spiller: absent
    • Tepper: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • C: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Luthe: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 761.xml

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