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HB2593 • 2025

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Metcalf | Plesa | Simmons | Leo Wilson
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

Limits and Unknowns

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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. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  8. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  9. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  10. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  12. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  14. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  15. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  17. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  19. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  20. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  23. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  25. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  26. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 5/16/25 12:30 PM

  27. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  28. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  29. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2886

  30. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  33. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  34. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2739

  35. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  39. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  40. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  41. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  42. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  43. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  44. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  45. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  46. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

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

  47. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  48. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  49. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  50. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  51. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  52. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  53. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2593 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2593

AN ACT

relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of

indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 22.012(b) and (d), Penal Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,

except that the offense is:

(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of

the offense that:

(A) the defendant has been previously convicted

of an offense under this section, other than an offense punishable

under Paragraph (B); or

(B) the defendant is a health care services

provider or a mental health services provider and the act is:

(i) committed during the course of

providing a treatment or service to the victim; and

(ii) beyond the scope of generally accepted

practices for the treatment or service; [
or
]

(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the

trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously

convicted of an offense under this section that is punishable under

Subdivision (1)(B)
; or

(3)

a felony of the second degree if the victim is a

disabled individual or an elderly individual
.

(d) In this section
:

(1)

"Disabled individual" and "elderly individual"

have the meanings assigned by Section 22.04.

(2) "Health
[
, "health
] care services provider" and

"mental health services provider" have the meanings assigned by

Section 22.011.

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 occurred

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. 2593 was passed by the House on May

16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2593 was passed by the Senate on May

26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor