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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty."
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description: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 55"
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citation: "Texas HB 55 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Johnson, Julie", "Leach", "Morales, Christina", "Rogers", "Springer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-11-14"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1572fb-614e-4cc2-8ae7-d69e02edaf08"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 55.xml"
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source_hash: "6aabfd6ab933a2375b03f1373427725dbf5b8f9823ec75a40a7ff577f102f96e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 55 (88) — Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00055F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **139–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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- Springer — primary (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-07** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-24** Record vote
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- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Record vote
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- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-26** Record vote
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- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb1572fb-614e-4cc2-8ae7-d69e02edaf08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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