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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties."
description: "Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1610"
citation: "Texas SB 1610 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "CIVIL COMMITMENT (S0002)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release (I0202)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "DEFERRED ADJUDICATION (S6185)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "HARASSMENT (S0058)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "SEXUAL ABUSE (S9791)", "SEXUAL HARASSMENT (S4376)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)", "TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE (V1061)", "Tobacco Products (I0818)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Flores", "Harless", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 90
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe2c0f7e-e3bb-4c7a-ba25-af245eb181bd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1610.xml"
source_hash: "d2bed193e935afdadb7d45381fefc0602c489583f90c8acbef38c5e9ce7683e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---
# Texas SB 1610 (89R) — Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01610I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01610E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01610H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01610S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01610F.HTM)
## Votes
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **99–30** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–16** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1610 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–16** (pass) · lower
- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage to engrossment — **0–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cook — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-07** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-07** Record vote
- **2025-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Record vote
- **2025-04-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-27** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe2c0f7e-e3bb-4c7a-ba25-af245eb181bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).