---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Texas HB 1730 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hughes", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16676cf2-540e-4c3f-a2e8-33f4a098bef3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1730.xml"
source_hash: "0f5b7348d5feb92e14b3edcfeda1e86a67ba862a753b14b662a004dedde3da7a"
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 1730 (88) — Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; 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/HB01730I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01730F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** 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 reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** 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/16676cf2-540e-4c3f-a2e8-33f4a098bef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).