---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors Day."
description: "Relating to designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2298"
citation: "Texas HB 2298 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS DAY (H1766)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Holidays (I0395)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Leach", "Meyer", "Parker", "Shaheen", "West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48b38a8-e858-446b-be02-0e0e12f03622"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2298.xml"
source_hash: "7aa5cb9e167dd2d16385f9bdbf34f9775e6000c33cbc3f25ef4ea911e21ec9a1"
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 2298 (86) — Relating to designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors Day.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02298I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Postponed
- **2019-04-25** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-04-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b48b38a8-e858-446b-be02-0e0e12f03622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).