Bill Summary

HB 1235 Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Harris Co Sponsors: Campbell
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Summary
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses: Prohibits individuals from using nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify conduct of an individual who commits criminal offense, or to mitigate severity of criminal offense. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
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committees of reference
» H Criminal Justice Subcommittee
   H Judiciary Committee
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Actions
02/26/25
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Filed
03/05/25
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Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
03/05/25
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Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
05/03/25
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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bill text & filed amendments
1235
Filed on 02/26/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
900.06
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