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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the prosecution and punishment for possession or promotion of child pornography; increasing criminal penalties."
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description: "Relating to the prosecution and punishment for possession or promotion of child pornography; increasing criminal penalties."
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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: "SB 129"
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citation: "Texas SB 129 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PORNOGRAPHY (S0379)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Meyer", "Springer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-11-14"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78dfe683-e88a-45e6-acca-352f6bd8b757"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 129.xml"
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source_hash: "3dfc08957e4cf1cb98c37a7322027640ad13865284f37fae3e27ad839feaf707"
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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 SB 129 (88) — Relating to the prosecution and punishment for possession or promotion of child pornography; increasing criminal penalties.
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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/SB00129I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00129E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00129H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00129S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00129F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Meyer — primary (person)
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- Springer — primary (person)
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- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — 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** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-01-25** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-27** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-28** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-21** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-05-09** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-22** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** 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/78dfe683-e88a-45e6-acca-352f6bd8b757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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