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Texas · 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025) · Bill

SB 10: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

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

SB 10 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on August 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. Primary sponsor: Tan Parker (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 12, 2025): Reported engrossed.

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 3 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tan ParkerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
CreightonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Bob HallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Chuy HinojosaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Bryan HughesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
KingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Angela PaxtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Charles SchwertnerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Kevin SparksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Judith ZaffiriniCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21

“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. Reported engrossed
  2. Record vote
  3. Passed
  4. Read 3rd time
  5. Record vote
  6. Three day rule suspended
  7. Vote recorded in Journal
  8. Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  9. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  10. Printing rule suspended
  11. Co-author authorized
  12. Committee report printed and distributed

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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