Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas HB3073: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
Status: Signed into law, June 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
From the enrolled text, May 30, 2025:
AN ACT relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Summer Willis Act. SECTION 2. Section 22.011(b), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A sexual assault under Subsection (a)(1) is without the consent of the other person if: (1) the actor compels the other person to submit or participate by the use of physical force, violence, or coercion; (2) the actor compels the other person to submit or participate by threatening to use force or violence against the other person or to cause harm to the other person, and the other person believes that the actor has the present ability to execute the threat; (3) the other person has not consented and the actor knows the other person is unconscious or physically unable to resist; (4) the actor knows that as a result of mental disease or defect the other person is at the time of the sexual assault incapable either of appraising the nature of the act or of resisting it; (5) the other person has not consented and the actor knows the other person is unaware that the sexual assault is occurring; (6)[ADDED: the actor knows that the other person is ] [ADDED: …
Sponsors
- Donna Howard (D, HD-048) · primary sponsor
- Ellen Troxclair (R, HD-019)
- Ann Johnson (D, HD-134)
- David Cook (R, HD-096)
- Nicole Collier (D, HD-095)
- Salman Bhojani (D, HD-092)
- Maria Flores (D, HD-051)
- Suleman Lalani (D, HD-076)
- Trey Martinez Fischer (D, HD-116)
- Penny Morales Shaw (D, HD-148)
- Mihaela Plesa (D, HD-070)
- Rodríguez Ramos, Ana-María (D, HD-102)
Latest actions
- : Effective on 9/1/25
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Signed in the House
- : Reported enrolled
- : House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- : Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- : Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- : Record vote (RV#4077)
Votes
- Criminal Justice Committee Vote (Out of committee): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Vote (Out of committee): 10 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4077 (May 30, 2025): 135 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Rules suspended-Three day rule (May 28, 2025): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Read 3rd time (May 28, 2025): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#1127 (May 1, 2025): 131 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: SUMMER WILLIS ACT (PT7QL), SEXUAL ASSAULT, Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual
Common questions
- What is HB3073?
- HB3073 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
- What does HB3073 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
- What is the status of HB3073?
- Signed into law as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective on 9/1/25 (June 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3073?
- Donna Howard (D, HD-048), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3073?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB03073
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