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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 2030: Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.

In committee 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 2030 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children. Primary sponsor: Keresa Richardson (Republican), Mitch Little (Republican). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 14, 2025): Referred to State Affairs.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keresa RichardsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Mitch LittlePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Mark DorazioCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Shelley LutherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Don McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Valoree SwansonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse150
Tony TinderholtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Steve TothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53

“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 State Affairs
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

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