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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the reporting of a sexual assault, to evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense, and to other law enforcement procedures occurring with respect to a sexual assault or other sex offense."
+description: "Relating to the reporting of a sexual assault, to evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense, and to other law enforcement procedures occurring with respect to a sexual assault or other sex offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2462"
+citation: "Texas HB 2462 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Collier", "González, Mary", "Meyer", "Neave", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 70
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-01"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10cba8bf-00d1-4b50-bf2b-7ea4674fecb3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2462.xml"
+source_hash: "a3c029604b503256ca6e835bd38b4dc06332863a084923f3567d95c06ea66f38"
+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 HB 2462 (87) — Relating to the reporting of a sexual assault, to evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense, and to other law enforcement procedures occurring with respect to a sexual assault or other sex offense.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02462I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02462E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02462H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02462S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02462F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **140–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Neave — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-16** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Record vote
+- **2021-04-07** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-12** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10cba8bf-00d1-4b50-bf2b-7ea4674fecb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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