2025 Regular Session • Texas Legislature
HB1778
Legislative Summary
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.
Demographic Impact
Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
1/8/2025
Filed
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Read first time
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Considered in public hearing
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Left pending in committee
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Considered in formal meeting
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/8/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Criminal Jurisprudence(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Senfronia Thompson
Democrat