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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1212: Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.

Enacted 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 1212 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty. Primary sponsor: Angela Paxton (Republican), Helen Kerwin (Republican), Schatzline, Andy Hopper (Republican), Ellen Troxclair (Republican), A.J. Louderback (Republican). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

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 1 · Republican 22

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Angela PaxtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Helen KerwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
SchatzlinePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andy HopperPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Ellen TroxclairPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse19
A.J. LouderbackPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Carol AlvaradoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Stan GerdesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Joan HuffmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Marc LaHoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Janie LopezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
J.M. LozanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
John SmitheeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
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. Effective on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the House
  5. Signed in the Senate
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House passage reported
  8. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  9. Record vote
  10. Passed
  11. Read 3rd time
  12. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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