---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving one or more child victims."
description: "Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving one or more child victims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 465"
citation: "Texas HB 465 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Huffman", "Hull", "Leach", "Shaheen", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-10"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f171bb-99f7-4b7b-b9f2-f32a429a070c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 465.xml"
source_hash: "335b01d78a86486aa2fe6a0a866ec4f2310bf71ed1d516909e66471ea078a3e9"
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 465 (87) — Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving one or more child victims.

## 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/HB00465I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00465E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00465H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00465S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00465F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** 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/78f171bb-99f7-4b7b-b9f2-f32a429a070c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).