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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material."
description: "Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "Texas HB 98 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "PORNOGRAPHY (S0379)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Huffman", "Meyer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9bd01d2-b09d-44d5-9905-8248994e8783"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 98.xml"
source_hash: "83c9addab97708d26ab581acee0018995747df2453028dfca57e8f21bf21d4c0"
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 98 (86) — Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material.
## 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/HB00098I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1360** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-02-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-19** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** 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/a9bd01d2-b09d-44d5-9905-8248994e8783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).