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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming."
description: "Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2000"
citation: "Texas HB 2000 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDRII'S LAW (PT1OV)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bumgarner", "González, Jessica", "Guillen", "Holt", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e90a107-393e-40b1-bc69-94fefcf42cf8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2000.xml"
source_hash: "49a7dfe035062f16b3dd146d164179f5685de94a889f3966235bd4c949e79b36"
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 2000 (89R) — Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02000I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02000E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02000H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02000S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02000F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1480** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2000 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1470** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- González, Jessica — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Holt — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** 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** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Record vote
- **2025-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-22** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-06** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-08** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e90a107-393e-40b1-bc69-94fefcf42cf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).