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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child."
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description: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 20"
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citation: "Texas SB 20 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Artificial Intelligence (IQ7C5)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PORNOGRAPHY (S0379)", "VIDEOTAPE & FILM (S2361)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Flores", "Hagenbuch", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Huffman", "King", "Parker"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 73
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-24"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d12d35-3ff2-4277-9ae9-de32012add5d"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 20.xml"
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source_hash: "8f9bd969f6c4e09b721848aedf9940abb9f52fbfd19ee0fcc89fc968e27a1663"
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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 20 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB00020I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00020E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00020H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00020S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00020F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 20 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
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- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-26** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-04** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-11** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-11** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-12** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
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- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-12** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-03-12** Record vote
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- **2025-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Record vote
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- **2025-03-12** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-03-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
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- **2025-04-23** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-04-24** Considered by s/c in public hearing
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- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
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- **2025-04-24** Left pending in subcommittee
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- **2025-05-01** Recalled from subcommittee
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- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-01** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-22** Postponed
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- **2025-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-22** Postponed
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- **2025-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-26** Read
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- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-26** Record vote
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- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/f3d12d35-3ff2-4277-9ae9-de32012add5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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