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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 55"
+citation: "Texas HB 55 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Johnson, Julie", "Leach", "Morales, Christina", "Rogers", "Springer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-11-14"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1572fb-614e-4cc2-8ae7-d69e02edaf08"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 55.xml"
+source_hash: "6aabfd6ab933a2375b03f1373427725dbf5b8f9823ec75a40a7ff577f102f96e"
+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 55 (88) — Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; 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/HB00055I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-23** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-24** 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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** Record vote
+- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-12** 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/eb1572fb-614e-4cc2-8ae7-d69e02edaf08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+