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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1621: Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

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 1621 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. Primary sponsor: Joan Huffman (Republican), Flores, Chuy Hinojosa (Democratic), King, Tan Parker (Republican), Caroline Dunmoyer (Republican). It lists 4 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 2 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joan HuffmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
FloresPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Chuy HinojosaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20
KingPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Tan ParkerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Caroline DunmoyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Carol AlvaradoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Bob HallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18

“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. Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  8. Record vote
  9. Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  10. Read
  11. House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  12. House passage as amended reported

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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