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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children."
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description: "Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2700"
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citation: "Texas HB 2700 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "VIDEOTAPE & FILM (S2361)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Huffman", "Noble", "Plesa"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-23"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d155c84b-fac2-4191-9223-9825cb9b1afd"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2700.xml"
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source_hash: "2598a3b2e257fa9ea8a64414699eafd7b27dddb7aa1cf32f7120da652724c482"
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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 2700 (88) — Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB02700I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02700F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Noble — primary (person)
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- Plesa — primary (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-17** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-17** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-27** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-05** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-21** Record vote
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- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-21** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/d155c84b-fac2-4191-9223-9825cb9b1afd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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