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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 168: Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry and to certain rights of a party to a void marriage entered into when the party was a minor.

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 168 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry and to certain rights of a party to a void marriage entered into when the party was a minor. Primary sponsor: Jon Rosenthal (Democratic), Johnson, Richard Hayes (Republican), Angelia Orr (Republican). It lists 36 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2025): Received from the House.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 24 · Republican 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jon RosenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse135
JohnsonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Richard HayesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Angelia OrrPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Diego BernalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
John BryantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse114
John BucyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Liz CamposCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Sheryl ColeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Nicole CollierCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Charles CunninghamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse127
Aicha DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse109
Erin GámezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Linda GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse107
Barbara Gervin-HawkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse120
Vikki GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Ryan GuillenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Cas Garcia HernandezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
HinojosaCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Charlene Ward JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse139
Jo JonesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse147
Stan KitzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Oscar LongoriaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Janie LopezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Christian ManuelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Terry MezaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Christina MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse145
Eddie MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Jared PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Mihaela PleșaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
James TalaricoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Carl TepperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Chris TurnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Denise VillalobosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Perez, VincentCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Received from the House
  2. Reported engrossed
  3. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  4. Record vote
  5. Passed
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  8. Record vote
  9. Passed to engrossment as amended
  10. Amended
  11. Laid out as postponed business
  12. Postponed

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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