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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault."
+description: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 1259"
+citation: "Texas SB 1259 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Health--General (I0385)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Howard", "Huffman", "Klick", "Noble", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-28"
+last_action: "2019-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc04b62c-b3ef-4be4-b478-4bc2334b431d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1259.xml"
+source_hash: "5e6b00f6e79fed11804fe2b006fe86d8a787ad355945c025ebea1a14cd058b60"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas SB 1259 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01259I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-02** Meeting cancelled
+- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-03** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-04** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc04b62c-b3ef-4be4-b478-4bc2334b431d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+