republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-441.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 441"
citation: "Texas SB 441 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Artificial Intelligence (IQ7C5)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Lalani"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 90
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-11-21"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be66ee18-8643-411e-9718-c3e5bbff22ee"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 441.xml"
source_hash: "7a60ac603aff0e6f412fca316b2ba89a96d192a5aab854e2c733f45a97a9d4ae"
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 SB 441 (89R) — Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; 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](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00441I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00441E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00441H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00441S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00441F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **90–33** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **90–33** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **104–36** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 441 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage to engrossment — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
- Lalani — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- West — 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 w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-18** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-19** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-27** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-28** Read
- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-02** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2025-06-02** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/be66ee18-8643-411e-9718-c3e5bbff22ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).