HB101Introduced in the House

Crimes Against Minors; Age Consent To 18

Engrossed

Introduced by Andrew Gray, District 20

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

An Act relating to civil claims by victims of sexual abuse of a minor; relating to homicide; relating to assault in the third degree; relating to stalking; relating to sexual abuse of a minor; relating to enticement of a minor; relating to endangering the welfare of a child; relating to indecent exposure; relating to sending an explicit image of a minor; relating to solicitation or production of an indecent picture of a minor; relating to distribution of indecent material to minors; relating to the testimony of children in criminal proceedings; relating to sentencing; and providing for an effective date.

Where it stands

CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, GIESSEL

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House: Third Reading Final Passage Reconsideration · May 19, 2025

Yes

Absent or Not Voting

40 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

Representative	District	Vote
Jeremy Bynum	1	Yes
Rebecca Himschoot	2	Yes
Andrea Story	3	Yes
Sara Hannan	4	Yes
Louise Stutes	5	Yes
Sarah Vance	6	Yes
Justin Ruffridge	7	Yes
Bill Elam	8	Yes
Ky Holland	9	Yes
Charles Kopp	10	Yes

Bill history

February 12, 2025
READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
February 12, 2025
JUD, FIN
February 19, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): BYNUM
March 6, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): TOMASZEWSKI, VANCE
March 10, 2025
JUD RPT CS(JUD) 4DP 3NR
March 10, 2025
DP: UNDERWOOD, VANCE, MINA, GRAY
March 10, 2025
NR: EISCHEID, COSTELLO, KOPP
March 10, 2025
FN1: ZERO(DFC)
March 10, 2025
FN2: (DPS)
March 10, 2025
FN3: (DPS)
March 10, 2025
FN4: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
March 10, 2025
FN5: ZERO(COR)
March 10, 2025
FN6: (LAW)
March 10, 2025
FN7: INDETERMINATE(ADM)
March 11, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): JIMMIE
April 9, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN
April 28, 2025
FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 4DP 3NR 2AM
April 28, 2025
DP: JIMMIE, FOSTER, JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE
April 28, 2025
NR: JOHNSON, HANNAN, STAPP
April 28, 2025
AM: BYNUM, GALVIN
April 28, 2025
FN1: ZERO(DFC)
April 28, 2025
FN5: ZERO(COR)
April 28, 2025
FN8: ZERO(ADM)
April 28, 2025
FN9: ZERO(ADM)
April 28, 2025
FN10: ZERO(LAW)
April 28, 2025
FN11: ZERO(DPS)
April 28, 2025
FN12: ZERO(DPS)
April 28, 2025
FN13: ZERO(AJS)
April 28, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE
May 18, 2025
RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2025
May 18, 2025
READ THE SECOND TIME
May 18, 2025
FIN CS ADOPTED UC
May 18, 2025
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CALENDAR
May 18, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, FIELDS, MINA, STORY, HIMSCHOOT
May 19, 2025
READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 101(FIN)
May 19, 2025
PASSED Y39 A1
May 19, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
May 19, 2025
STUTES NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
May 19, 2025
RECON SAME DAY UC - IN THIRD READING
May 19, 2025
PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y39 A1
May 19, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
May 19, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): KOPP, NELSON
May 19, 2025
TRANSMITTED TO (S)
May 19, 2025
VERSION: CSHB 101(FIN)
May 19, 2025
READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
May 19, 2025
JUD, FIN
May 19, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
March 4, 2026
CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON, MYERS, TILTON, KAWASAKI, YUNDT, BJORKMAN,
March 4, 2026
CRONK
April 13, 2026
CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, GIESSEL

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