---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a specialty court program to provide victim services in sexual assault cases."
description: "Relating to a specialty court program to provide victim services in sexual assault cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1706"
citation: "Texas HB 1706 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--Trial (I0204)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Howard", "Huffman", "Leach", "Neave", "Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80b4949f-33d2-4488-a29b-f233e1d85db0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1706.xml"
source_hash: "f96d61be4c5acef696df1825fe6b1b6448995b4dc814b90ea9ebc0970d4de83d"
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 1706 (87) — Relating to a specialty court program to provide victim services in sexual assault cases.

## 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/HB01706I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01706E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01706H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01706S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01706F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/80b4949f-33d2-4488-a29b-f233e1d85db0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).