THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX HB995 (2025)
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 89th Legislature Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Introduced Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Read first time
- 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)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed | |
| House | Read first time | |
| House | Referred to State Affairs |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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