---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a pregnant woman."
description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a pregnant woman."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 902"
citation: "Texas HB 902 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Women (I0925)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Holland", "Huffman", "Landgraf", "Noble", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a516a5-cdf7-44ae-9df0-9b0ee8e3f9a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 902.xml"
source_hash: "7194c4fe73806106968ce14cc685d4f32930c0aa95230233bbb9c3fa87d72743"
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 902 (86) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a pregnant woman.

## 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/HB00902I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/11a516a5-cdf7-44ae-9df0-9b0ee8e3f9a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).