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85th Regular Session, 2017
	HB 29 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil racketeering related to trafficking, the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of and punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain information relating to a child; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
	Author: Thompson, Senfronia \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Huffman, Joan \| et. al.
	Committees: State Affairs \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: See remarks for effective date
	HB 49 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
	Author: Guillen, Ryan
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Referred directly to s/c on Educator Quality by chair
	HB 207 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality.
	Author: Springer, Drew \| et. al.
	Committees: Urban Affairs
	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs
	HB 218 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to improper relationships between educators and students; creating a criminal offense and expanding the applicability of an existing offense.
	Author: Dale, Tony \| et. al.
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee
	HB 333 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
	Author: Meyer, Morgan \| et. al.
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee
	HB 387 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality.
	Author: Murphy, Jim \| et. al.
	Committees: Urban Affairs
	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
	HB 525 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to databases that contain information regarding certain violent offenses or filed protective orders.
	Author: Villalba, Jason \| et. al.
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence
	Last Action: Received from the House
	HB 848 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality.
	Author: Schubert, Leighton \| et. al.
	Committees: Urban Affairs
	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs
	HB 1080 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse.
	Author: Thompson, Senfronia \| et. al.
	Committees: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
	HB 1111 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the child safety zone applicable to registered sex offenders and to certain other persons who are released on parole or to mandatory supervision.
	Author: Thompson, Senfronia
	Sponsor: Rodríguez, José
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	HB 1122 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain recorded statements made by child abuse victims.
	Author: Wray, John \| et. al.
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence
	Last Action: Left pending in committee
	HB 1339 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality.
	Author: Burns, DeWayne \| et. al.
	Committees: Urban Affairs
	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs
	HB 1342 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public school students.
	Author: Parker, Tan \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan
	Committees: Public Education \| Education
	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor
	HB 1403 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
	Author: Isaac, Jason
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee
	HB 1799 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating a criminal offense.
	Author: Dale, Tony \| et. al.
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars
	HB 1808 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense.
	Author: Meyer, Morgan \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Garcia, Sylvia \| et. al.
	Committees: State Affairs \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: See remarks for effective date
	HB 1810 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child.
	Author: Dale, Tony \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Buckingham, Dawn
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	HB 1869 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to training for employees of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and other maltreatment of certain children.
	Author: González, Mary
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Referred directly to s/c on Educator Quality by chair
	HB 2190 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to increasing the penalty for causing injury to a child; changing the eligibility for community supervision.
	Author: Dukes, Dawnna
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
	HB 2243 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools.
	Author: Dukes, Dawnna
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Referred to Public Education
	HB 2244 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools.
	Author: Dukes, Dawnna
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Referred to Public Education
	HB 2266 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to requiring certain retailers to ensure that certain products sold or leased by the retailers contain a digital blocking capability that renders obscene material inaccessible; creating a criminal offense.
	Author: White, James \| et. al.
	Committees: Business & Industry
	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry
	HB 2283 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
	Author: Isaac, Jason \| et. al.
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
	HB 2289 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities from the Employees Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement System of Texas of certain employees convicted of certain offenses.
	Author: Rinaldi, Matt
	Committees: Pensions
	Last Action: Left pending in committee
	HB 2880 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the criminal punishment for the threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus.
	Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
	Sponsor: Menéndez, José
	Committees: Public Education \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	HB 3019 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
	Author: Burkett, Cindy \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Menéndez, José
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	HB 3192 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the punishment and community supervision for certain offenses committed against a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual; increasing a criminal penalty.
	Author: Uresti, Tomas
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence
	Last Action: Left pending in committee
	HB 3301 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the imposition of consecutive sentences for more than one criminal offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual arising out of the same criminal episode.
	Author: Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara \| et. al.
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence
	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars
	HB 3769 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to improper relationships between educators and students and reporting of educator misconduct; creating a criminal offense and expanding the applicability of an existing offense; authorizing an administrative penalty.
	Author: King, Ken \| et. al.
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
	HB 3894 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of capital murder.
	Author: Frank, James
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
	HB 3916 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the ineligibility of educators or certain other school personnel for benefits from certain public retirement systems because of a conviction for an offense the victim of which is a student.
	Author: Fallon, Pat
	Committees: Public Education
	Last Action: Referred to Public Education
	HB 3935 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to licensing and reimbursing certain foster group homes that provide services to victims of sex trafficking.
	Author: Rose, Toni \| et. al.
	Committees: Human Services
	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
	HB 4015 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
	Author: Neave, Victoria
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence
	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
	SB 7 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to improper relationships between educators and students and reporting of educator misconduct; creating a criminal offense and expanding the applicability of an existing offense; authorizing an administrative penalty.
	Author: Bettencourt, Paul \| et. al.
	Sponsor: King, Ken \| et. al.
	Committees: Public Education \| Education
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	SB 76 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality.
	Author: Nelson, Jane \| et. al.
	Committees: Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Co-author authorized
	SB 179 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying of a public school student or minor and certain mental health programs for public school students; increasing a criminal penalty.
	Author: Menéndez, José \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Minjarez, Ina \| et. al.
	Committees: Public Education \| State Affairs
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	SB 197 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality.
	Author: Nichols, Robert
	Committees: Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
	SB 495 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse.
	Author: Uresti, Carlos
	Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
	Committees: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues \| State Affairs
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	SB 541 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates convicted of the offense of continuous trafficking of persons.
	Author: Hinojosa, Juan
	Committees: Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
	SB 652 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities from the Employees Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement System of Texas of certain employees convicted of certain offenses.
	Author: Taylor, Van
	Committees: State Affairs
	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs
	SB 653 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain employees or annuitants convicted of certain felony offenses.
	Author: Taylor, Van
	Sponsor: Davis, Sarah
	Committees: General Investigating & Ethics \| Education
	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars
	SB 707 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain recorded statements made by child abuse victims.
	Author: Birdwell, Brian
	Sponsor: Wray, John
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars
	SB 811 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to sex offender registration and a prohibition on certain registered sex offenders from being in a motor vehicle with a minor who is not a family member.
	Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
	Committees: Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
	SB 966 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
	Author: Watson, Kirk \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Neave, Victoria
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	SB 998 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
	Author: West, Royce \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Canales, Terry
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	SB 1250 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in the prosecution of certain offenses involving family violence.
	Author: West, Royce \| et. al.
	Sponsor: Moody, Joe
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| State Affairs
	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17
	SB 1322 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography.
	Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
	Sponsor: Miller, Rick
	Committees: Criminal Jurisprudence \| Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars
	SB 1369 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the prosecution for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
	Author: Menéndez, José \| et. al.
	Committees: Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar
	SB 1436 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual and creating the offense of continuous injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
	Author: Uresti, Carlos \| et. al.
	Committees: Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
	SB 1464 (85th R.S.)
	Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material depicting a child.
	Author: Buckingham, Dawn
	Committees: Criminal Justice
	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
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