---
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).