Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse
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Officially: “Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.” Read the full text
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89th Legislature (2025)
Where it is
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Received by the Secretary of the Senate · Jan 17, 2025
Filed · Jan 17, 2025
Read first time · Feb 13, 2025
Referred to State Affairs · Feb 13, 2025
Co-author authorized · Apr 10, 2025
Co-author authorized · May 1, 2025
Posting rule suspended · May 7, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · May 8, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 8, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · May 8, 2025
Left pending in committee · May 8, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 13, 2025
Vote taken in committee · May 13, 2025
Co-author authorized · May 15, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · May 15, 2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · May 15, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · May 15, 2025
Printing rule suspended · May 15, 2025
Rules suspended-Intent Calendar · May 15, 2025
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · May 15, 2025
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment · May 15, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · May 15, 2025
Three day rule suspended · May 15, 2025
Record vote · May 15, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 15, 2025
Passed · May 15, 2025
Record vote · May 15, 2025
Reported engrossed · May 15, 2025
Received from the Senate · May 16, 2025
Read first time · May 20, 2025
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · May 20, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 21, 2025
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · May 21, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · May 23, 2025
Committee report distributed · May 23, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · May 23, 2025
Considered in Calendars · May 23, 2025
Placed on Major State Calendar · May 25, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 25, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 26, 2025
Passed · May 26, 2025
Record vote · May 26, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 26, 2025
House passage reported · May 26, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 26, 2025
Signed in the Senate · May 27, 2025
Signed in the House · May 28, 2025
Sent to the Governor · May 28, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025
The numbers
19
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
PaxtonAlvaradoBettencourtBlancoCampbellCookEckhardtHagenbuchHallHinojosa, AdamHinojosa, Juan "Chuy"KolkhorstMenéndezParkerPerryLeachJohnsonLittleMeyer
Recorded votes
SBi835 was passed byHouse · 2025-05-26 · Yeas 144, Nays 0, Present, not voting 1
SBi835 was passed to third reading byHouse · 2025-05-25 · Yeas 144, Nays 0, Present, not voting 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Texas legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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