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HB2407 • 2025

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Capriglione
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  5. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  7. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  8. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  9. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  10. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  11. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  12. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  14. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  16. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  17. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  19. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  21. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  24. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  26. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  27. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  28. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2461

  29. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  31. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  32. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  33. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  34. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2382

  35. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  39. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  40. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  42. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  44. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  45. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  46. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  47. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  48. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  49. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  50. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  51. 2025-02-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2407 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2407

AN ACT

relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of

certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration

requirements.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Articles 62.102(c) and (d), Code of Criminal

Procedure, are amended to read as follows:

(c) If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense or

an attempt to commit an offense under this article that the person

has previously been convicted of an offense or an attempt to commit

an offense under this article, the [
punishment for the
] offense or

the attempt to commit the offense is increased to the [
punishment

for the
] next highest
category of offense
[
degree of felony
].

(d) If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense

under this article or an attempt to commit an offense under this

article that the person fraudulently used identifying information

in violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, during the commission or

attempted commission of the offense, the [
punishment for the
]

offense or the attempt to commit the offense is increased to [
the

punishment for
] the next highest
category of offense
[
degree of

felony
].

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was

committed before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2407 was passed by the House on May

14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2407 was passed by the Senate on May

27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor