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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1980: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain public servants and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those public servants.

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 1980 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on March 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain public servants and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those public servants. Primary sponsor: Bob Hall (Republican), Cody Harris (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 24, 2025): Committee report sent to Calendars.

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): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bob HallPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Cody HarrisPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27

“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. Committee report sent to Calendars
  2. Committee report distributed
  3. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  4. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  5. Considered in formal meeting
  6. Left pending in committee
  7. Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Left pending in committee
  10. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  11. Considered in public hearing
  12. Recalled from subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 39 actions. Full history

Sources

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