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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts."
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description: "Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts."
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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 836"
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citation: "Texas SB 836 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "VIDEOTAPE & FILM (S2361)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Cook", "Howard", "Hull", "Paxton", "Slawson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df24ed76-996e-430e-9ed8-80c73039dbbb"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 836.xml"
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source_hash: "defe28c4a31e2f1f42bf248224445ba4dcb9dc0c676a58d0c0d12f319065775c"
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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 836 (89R) — Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts.
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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/SB00836I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00836E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00836H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00836S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00836F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **148–0** (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 CSSB 836 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bowers — primary (person)
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Howard — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Slawson — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-25** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-02** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-02** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-02** Record vote
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- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Record vote
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- **2025-04-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-03** 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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- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-28** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-28** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-04-28** Record vote
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- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** Record vote
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- **2025-04-29** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/df24ed76-996e-430e-9ed8-80c73039dbbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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