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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons."
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description: "Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons."
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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 45"
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citation: "Texas HB 45 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hull", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Noble", "Patterson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 72
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-03-14"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca619f67-367f-4b4d-9c18-b559e568d84a"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 45.xml"
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source_hash: "f00e60b7b340f04699c9d8164a8b7bf79ffb4287c2582622e8d17dc502b64242"
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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 45 (89R) — Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
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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/HB00045I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00045E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00045H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00045S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00045F.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 45 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **25–6** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **99–40** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **86–58** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **99–40** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **78–62** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Noble — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
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- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
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- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-04-30** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-30** Postponed
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- **2025-04-30** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-04-30** Postponed
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- **2025-04-30** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-04-30** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-30** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-30** Record vote
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- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Record vote
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- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-06** 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** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
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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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- **2025-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-23** Record vote
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- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** 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/ca619f67-367f-4b4d-9c18-b559e568d84a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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