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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
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description: "Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
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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: "HB 1778"
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citation: "Texas HB 1778 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0472)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL (V1157)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TASK FORCE (V0786)", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0846)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PORNOGRAPHY (S0379)", "PROSTITUTION (S0016)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Jones, Jolanda", "Simmons", "Thompson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f40897f2-d15d-4888-b4b9-7b11feee0f3f"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1778.xml"
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source_hash: "1ea6e9a0041bf5acb59921161641ca8005b8840dde6f44d8cfd67a7e347f4e52"
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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 1778 (89R) — Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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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/HB01778I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01778E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01778H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01778S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01778F.HTM)
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## Votes
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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 HB 1778 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **148–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Thompson — primary (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Record vote
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- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-07** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-16** Record vote
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- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-16** Record vote
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- **2025-05-16** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-19** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-29** 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/f40897f2-d15d-4888-b4b9-7b11feee0f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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