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Bill Relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses. Relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 86 HB 8 Texas HB 8 (86)
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Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)
Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)
Criminal Procedure--Pretrial Procedure (I0203)
Law Enforcement (I0510)
LAVINIA MASTERS ACT (P0748)
EVIDENCE (S0250)
FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)
SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)
STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)
TELEMEDICINE (S0219)
ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)
PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)
STATE HEALTH SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)
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Howard
Lang
Minjarez
Neave
Nelson
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Texas HB 8 (86) — Relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source

Votes

  • passage — 1450 (pass) · lower
  • other — 1440 (fail) · upper
  • passage — 1380 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1440 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Button — primary (person)
  • Howard — primary (person)
  • Lang — primary (person)
  • Minjarez — primary (person)
  • Neave — primary (person)
  • Nelson — primary (person)
  • Allen — cosponsor (person)
  • Allison — cosponsor (person)
  • Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
  • Anchia — cosponsor (person)
  • Ashby — cosponsor (person)
  • Bernal — cosponsor (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Blanco — cosponsor (person)
  • Bohac — cosponsor (person)
  • Bowers — cosponsor (person)
  • Buckley — cosponsor (person)
  • Bucy — cosponsor (person)
  • Burns — cosponsor (person)
  • Calanni — cosponsor (person)
  • Canales — cosponsor (person)
  • Clardy — cosponsor (person)
  • Cortez — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
  • Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
  • Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
  • Farrar — cosponsor (person)
  • Fierro — cosponsor (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)
  • Goldman — cosponsor (person)
  • González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
  • Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
  • Guerra — cosponsor (person)
  • Guillen — cosponsor (person)
  • Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
  • Harless — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Hefner — cosponsor (person)
  • Herrero — cosponsor (person)
  • Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
  • Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
  • Huffman — cosponsor (person)
  • Israel — cosponsor (person)
  • Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
  • King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • Krause — cosponsor (person)
  • Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
  • Leach — cosponsor (person)
  • Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Lozano — cosponsor (person)
  • Lucio — cosponsor (person)
  • Meyer — cosponsor (person)
  • Meza — cosponsor (person)
  • Miller — cosponsor (person)
  • Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
  • Nichols — cosponsor (person)
  • Ortega — cosponsor (person)
  • Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
  • Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Patterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Perez — cosponsor (person)
  • Perry — cosponsor (person)
  • Phelan — cosponsor (person)
  • Ramos — cosponsor (person)
  • Raney — cosponsor (person)
  • Raymond — cosponsor (person)
  • Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
  • Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Rose — cosponsor (person)
  • Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
  • Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
  • Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
  • Shine — cosponsor (person)
  • Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Stucky — cosponsor (person)
  • Swanson — cosponsor (person)
  • Talarico — cosponsor (person)
  • Thierry — cosponsor (person)
  • Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
  • Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
  • Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
  • West — cosponsor (person)
  • Wu — cosponsor (person)
  • Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-21 Filed filing
  • 2019-02-26 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-02-26 Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2019-03-06 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-03-06 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2019-03-06 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-03-20 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-03-20 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2019-03-20 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-26 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2019-03-26 Committee report distributed
  • 2019-03-26 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2019-04-02 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 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-16 Passed to engrossment as amended
  • 2019-04-16 Record vote
  • 2019-04-16 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-04-17 Passed passage
  • 2019-04-17 Record vote
  • 2019-04-17 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-17 Reported engrossed
  • 2019-04-23 Received from the House introduction
  • 2019-04-25 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-04-25 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-05-08 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-05-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-08 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2019-05-09 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2019-05-09 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-09 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-05-09 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2019-05-20 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2019-05-20 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2019-05-20 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2019-05-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-05-20 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-05-20 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-05-20 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-20 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-05-20 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-05-20 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-20 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  • 2019-05-20 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-20 Three day rule suspended
  • 2019-05-20 Record vote
  • 2019-05-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-05-20 Passed passage
  • 2019-05-20 Record vote
  • 2019-05-20 Senate passage as amended reported
  • 2019-05-21 Senate Amendments distributed
  • 2019-05-21 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  • 2019-05-23 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  • 2019-05-23 Record vote
  • 2019-05-23 Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  • 2019-05-23 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  • 2019-05-25 Reported enrolled
  • 2019-05-26 Signed in the House
  • 2019-05-27 Signed in the Senate
  • 2019-05-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-06-04 Effective on 9/1/19 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a0bb4d1-9d68-49c6-a0bd-2acc72110c8a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).