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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the emergency services and care provided to victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses and to the processes associated with preserving and analyzing the evidence of those offenses."
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description: "Relating to the emergency services and care provided to victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses and to the processes associated with preserving and analyzing the evidence of those offenses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 2706"
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citation: "Texas HB 2706 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Hernandez", "Howard", "Neave", "Nelson", "White"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 63
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-03-03"
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last_action: "2021-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1759187-9133-4c17-9c4b-205836b37be7"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2706.xml"
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source_hash: "f701fa9582d7de95837ed8fb7c07a19417cfde411d86cf62e7ac877594423044"
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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 HB 2706 (87) — Relating to the emergency services and care provided to victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses and to the processes associated with preserving and analyzing the evidence of those offenses.
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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/87R/billtext/html/HB02706I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02706E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02706H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02706S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02706F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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- other — **147–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Button — primary (person)
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- Hernandez — primary (person)
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- Howard — primary (person)
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- Neave — primary (person)
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- Nelson — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Meza — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Moody — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
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- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-17** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-29** Record vote
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- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-30** Record vote
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- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-20** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `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/e1759187-9133-4c17-9c4b-205836b37be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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