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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1552: Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1552 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on December 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology. Primary sponsor: Dennis Paul (Republican), Rodríguez Ramos, Giovanni Capriglione (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Referred to Criminal Justice.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dennis PaulPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse129
Rodríguez RamosPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Giovanni CapriglionePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Criminal Justice
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  6. Record vote
  7. Passed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source