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Introduced
Nov 12, 2024
Passed House
Apr 16, 2025
Passed Senate
May 12, 2025
Signed into Law
May 29, 2025

HB 451

Texas House Bill

Relating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of certain children.

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executive • May 29, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25

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May 12, 2024, Senate

Senator Paxton moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 451 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

May 20, 2024, Senate

HB 451 (129 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting)

Apr 15, 2025, House

CSHB 451 was passed to engrossment by (Record 209): 144 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 144

NO: 0

ABSENT: 5

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY44FINAL.HTM

Apr 16, 2025, House

HB 451 was passed by (Record 225): 147 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 147

NO: 0

ABSENT: 2

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY45FINAL.HTM

May 19, 2025, House

The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 451 prevailed by (Record 2994): 129 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 129

NO: 0

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY67FINAL.HTM

Actions

May 29, 2025 | executive
- Signed by the Governor
- Effective on 9/1/25
May 20, 2025 | executive
- Sent to the Governor
May 20, 2025 | Senate
- House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- Signed in the Senate
May 20, 2025 | House
- Signed in the House
May 19, 2025 | House
- House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- Record vote RV#2994
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- Reported enrolled
May 13, 2025 | House
- Senate Amendments distributed
- Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
May 12, 2025 | House
- Senate passage as amended reported
May 12, 2025 | Senate
- Co-sponsor authorized
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) offered FA1 Paxton
- Amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Three day rule suspended
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
May 09, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on intent calendar
May 08, 2025 | Senate
- Committee report printed and distributed
May 07, 2025 | Senate
- Reported favorably as substituted
May 06, 2025 | Senate
- Co-sponsor authorized
May 05, 2025 | Senate
- Considered in public hearing
- Vote taken in committee
Apr 30, 2025 | Senate
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 04/30/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Testimony taken in committee
- Left pending in committee
Apr 23, 2025 | Senate
- Read first time
- Referred to Health & Human Services
Apr 16, 2025 | Senate
- Received from the House
Apr 16, 2025 | House
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#225
- Reported engrossed
Apr 15, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
- Read 2nd time
- Passed to engrossment
- Record vote RV#209
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 09, 2025 | House
- Considered in Calendars
Apr 02, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Committee report distributed
- Committee report sent to Calendars
Mar 25, 2025 | House
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Reported favorably as substituted
Mar 18, 2025 | House
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 03/18/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Left pending in committee
Feb 28, 2025 | House
- Read first time
- Referred to Human Services
Nov 12, 2024 | House
- Filed

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB451