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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R HB 1778 Texas HB 1778 (89R)
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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION
TEXAS (V0472)
ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)
CHILD ABUSE (S4256)
CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)
COURT ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF (V8690)
CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)
Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)
Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)
Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)
Disabilities
Persons with (I0380)
Electronic Information Systems (I0311)
FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL (V1157)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TASK FORCE (V0786)
JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
TEXAS (V0846)
LICENSING & REGULATION
TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)
LICENSING & REGULATION
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)
Law Enforcement (I0510)
Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)
PORNOGRAPHY (S0379)
PROSTITUTION (S0016)
SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)
STATE HEALTH SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)
enacted
Huffman
Jones, Jolanda
Simmons
Thompson
5 47 2 2025-01-08 2025-05-29 openstates ocd-bill/f40897f2-d15d-4888-b4b9-7b11feee0f3f ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1778.xml 1ea6e9a0041bf5acb59921161641ca8005b8840dde6f44d8cfd67a7e347f4e52 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Texas HB 1778 (89R) — Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1778 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 310 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1481 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Huffman — primary (person)
  • Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
  • Simmons — primary (person)
  • Thompson — primary (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)
  • Hayes — cosponsor (person)
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Filed filing
  • 2025-03-14 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-03-14 Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence referral-committee
  • 2025-03-25 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-03-25 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2025-03-25 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-04-16 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2025-04-16 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-29 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2025-04-29 Committee report distributed
  • 2025-04-30 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-02 Considered in Calendars
  • 2025-05-05 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2025-05-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-05 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-06 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-06 Record vote
  • 2025-05-06 Reported engrossed
  • 2025-05-07 Received from the House introduction
  • 2025-05-07 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-05-07 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-05-13 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-05-13 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-05-13 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-05-14 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2025-05-14 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-14 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-05-15 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2025-05-16 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-05-16 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2025-05-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-16 Three day rule suspended
  • 2025-05-16 Record vote
  • 2025-05-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-16 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-16 Record vote
  • 2025-05-16 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2025-05-19 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-05-19 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-05-19 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-29 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-29 Effective on 9/1/25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f40897f2-d15d-4888-b4b9-7b11feee0f3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).