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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of continuous violence against the family."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of continuous violence against the family."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1661"
citation: "Texas HB 1661 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "RACHEL'S LAW (P0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Herrero", "Hinojosa", "Longoria"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2d1b512-9153-4a37-8cfb-d79ca4dcc90c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1661.xml"
source_hash: "81e0163402638d90b135c6521ab1f4934e1ae37d0210ee3211229a39445709ca"
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 HB 1661 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of continuous violence against the family.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01661I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2d1b512-9153-4a37-8cfb-d79ca4dcc90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).