---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault or other prohibited sexual conduct."
description: "Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault or other prohibited sexual conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1172"
citation: "Texas HB 1172 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harless", "Howard", "Neave", "Tinderholt", "White", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cbce9ba-fc6e-47cd-a902-283deeb43f33"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1172.xml"
source_hash: "798ae769f8a9cd9d1aaa4e455d8eabb328f4267c77610e0dd51e3fa20348f46a"
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 1172 (87) — Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault or other prohibited sexual conduct.

## 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/HB01172I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01172E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01172H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01172S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01172F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **147–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harless — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Tinderholt — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-01** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **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** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-23** 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
- **2021-05-29** 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/2cbce9ba-fc6e-47cd-a902-283deeb43f33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).