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Bill Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R SB 412 Texas SB 412 (89R)
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Vasut
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Texas SB 412 (89R) — Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

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

  • passage — 9931 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 229 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 219 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 9239 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hefner — primary (person)
  • Hickland — primary (person)
  • Metcalf — primary (person)
  • Middleton — primary (person)
  • Patterson — primary (person)
  • Vasut — primary (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)
  • Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
  • Hall — cosponsor (person)
  • Holt — cosponsor (person)
  • Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Spiller — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-11-21 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2024-11-21 Filed filing
  • 2025-02-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-03-04 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-03-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-03-04 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2025-03-04 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-03-06 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-06 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-03-11 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-03-11 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2025-03-12 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-03-18 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-03-18 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-03-18 Record vote
  • 2025-03-18 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
  • 2025-03-18 Record vote
  • 2025-03-18 Statement(s) submitted
  • 2025-03-19 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-03-19 Record vote
  • 2025-03-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-03-19 Passed passage
  • 2025-03-19 Record vote
  • 2025-03-19 Reported engrossed
  • 2025-03-20 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2025-04-09 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-04-09 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2025-04-28 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-28 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
  • 2025-04-29 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-01 Laid out in lieu of companion
  • 2025-05-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-01 Point of order withdrawn withdrawal
  • 2025-05-01 Point of order withdrawn withdrawal
  • 2025-05-01 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2025-05-01 Record vote
  • 2025-05-01 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-02 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-02 Record vote
  • 2025-05-02 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-05 House passage reported passage
  • 2025-05-05 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-05-07 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-07 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-05-07 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-19 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-19 Effective on 9/1/25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9fa69a8-1fc4-4e1f-bda6-9656b4d030c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).