---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the criminal offenses of violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with persons in custody; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the criminal offenses of violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with persons in custody; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3157"
citation: "Texas HB 3157 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0846)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bowers", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Miles", "Reynolds", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56bd461a-deef-47d0-b061-7fe6da6dab79"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3157.xml"
source_hash: "cf77d70b0312aac95e2eb02a648562dd163520d9093f6db6e4c2e819069c9044"
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 3157 (87) — Relating to the criminal offenses of violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with persons in custody; 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/87R/billtext/html/HB03157I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03157E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03157H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03157S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB03157F.PDF)

## Votes

- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **143–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bowers — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/56bd461a-deef-47d0-b061-7fe6da6dab79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).