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Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX HB267 (2025)
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 89th Legislature Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Introduced Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Companion considered in lieu of SB 412
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Censorship: Book Ban
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Nov 12, 2024)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (Apr 9, 2025)(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed | |
| House | Read first time | |
| House | Referred to State Affairs | |
| House | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| House | Considered in public hearing | |
| House | Committee substitute considered in committee | |
| House | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee | |
| House | Left pending in committee | |
| House | Considered in public hearing | |
| House | Committee substitute considered in committee | |
| House | Reported favorably as substituted | |
| House | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | |
| House | Committee report distributed | |
| House | Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| House | Considered in Calendars | |
| House | Placed on General State Calendar | |
| House | Read 2nd time | |
| House | Postponed 5/1/25 10:00 AM | |
| House | Companion considered in lieu of SB 412 | |
| House | Laid on the table subject to call |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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