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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 375"
citation: "Texas HB 375 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "SEXUAL ABUSE (S9791)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Minjarez", "Smith", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d2f948-075a-47f6-999f-bf7639f650f6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 375.xml"
source_hash: "8fdf8b1b7b2b53fee78bc474a9fd41e6f7d958a686e76adff9636cd446039c0f"
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 375 (87) — Relating to the prosecution of the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual; creating a criminal offense.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB00375I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00375E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00375H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00375S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00375F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5d2f948-075a-47f6-999f-bf7639f650f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).