---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Texas HB 55 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Johnson, Julie", "Leach", "Morales, Christina", "Rogers", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1572fb-614e-4cc2-8ae7-d69e02edaf08"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 55.xml"
source_hash: "6aabfd6ab933a2375b03f1373427725dbf5b8f9823ec75a40a7ff577f102f96e"
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 55 (88) — Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00055I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-07** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb1572fb-614e-4cc2-8ae7-d69e02edaf08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).