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HB 1714TEXASSession 89RState Billdead

Did Not Advance

Texas House Bill 1714 expands the definition of lack of consent in sexual assault prosecutions

Original title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Criminal JurisprudenceSponsor: Nicole Collier

Companion · SB 332same policy, Senate version

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What This Bill Proposed

House Bill 1714 updates the to specify additional circumstances under which a sexual assault is considered committed without consent, including when an actor persists after consent is withdrawn or when the victim is intoxicated. The measure applies to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.

Why it matters

The change alters the legal standards for proving lack of consent in criminal prosecutions, directly affecting how prosecutors establish guilt and how defendants are tried for offenses involving intoxication or withdrawn consent.

Background

The Texas Penal Code governs all criminal offenses, definitions, and punishments within the state. context

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

prosecutors and defense attorneys

Legal practitioners must apply new statutory definitions of lack of consent in sexual assault trials for offenses occurring on or after September 1, 2025.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What new conditions constitute lack of consent under this bill?

The bill adds conditions where the actor knows the other person is intoxicated by any substance such that they cannot appraise the nature of the act, or where the actor knows that consent was withdrawn and persists in the act.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

3 actions

Mar 14, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroduced
Read first time
Dec 30, 2024HouseIntroduced
Filed

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Sources

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capitol.texas.gov

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