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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 1730"
+citation: "Texas HB 1730 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hughes", "Schaefer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-26"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16676cf2-540e-4c3f-a2e8-33f4a098bef3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1730.xml"
+source_hash: "0f5b7348d5feb92e14b3edcfeda1e86a67ba862a753b14b662a004dedde3da7a"
+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 1730 (88) — Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01730I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Schaefer — primary (person)
+- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-03-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-13** Record vote
+- **2023-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-18** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16676cf2-540e-4c3f-a2e8-33f4a098bef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+