---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children."
description: "Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2700"
citation: "Texas HB 2700 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "VIDEOTAPE & FILM (S2361)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Huffman", "Noble", "Plesa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d155c84b-fac2-4191-9223-9825cb9b1afd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2700.xml"
source_hash: "2598a3b2e257fa9ea8a64414699eafd7b27dddb7aa1cf32f7120da652724c482"
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 2700 (88) — Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children.

## 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/HB02700I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-17** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** 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/d155c84b-fac2-4191-9223-9825cb9b1afd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).