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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 2046 requires affirmative family violence findings across any Penal Code offense and mandates a $100 fine for local shelters
Last action · May 13, 2025: Placed on General State CalendarSponsors: Aicha Davis and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 2046 broadens family violence findings to apply to any Penal Code offense rather than being limited to Title 5 offenses, mandates a $100 fine payable to local state- or federal-funded family violence centers upon , and establishes a legal presumption of family violence in certain child custody proceedings. The measure applies to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.
Expands the scope of mandatory judicial findings and financial penalties for criminal convictions involving domestic disputes, directly altering sentencing requirements and establishing legal presumptions in parental rights termination cases.
- Affirmative findings of family violence in Texas criminal judgments trigger specific statutory consequences, such as prohibiting firearms possession under federal law and restricting certain housing or custody rights. context
- Article 42.013 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure previously limited mandatory affirmative findings of family violence to offenses prosecuted under Title 5 of the Texas Penal Code (offenses against the person). 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.
defendants convicted of offenses involving family violence
Defendants face mandatory affirmative findings across any Penal Code offense and must pay a $100 fine to a family violence center when granted community supervision.
family violence centers
State- or federal-funded local family violence centers receive mandatory $100 fines assessed against defendants placed on community supervision.
parents in child custody proceedings
Respondents face a statutory presumption of family violence in child petitions if they have a qualifying conviction and terminated parental rights.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
14 actions- May 13, 2025HousePlaced on General State Calendar
- May 11, 2025HouseConsidered in Calendars
- May 10, 2025HouseCommittee report sent to Calendars
- May 10, 2025HouseCommittee report distributed
- May 10, 2025HouseComte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- May 6, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendment(s)
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- May 6, 2025HouseConsidered in formal meeting
- Apr 29, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Apr 29, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Apr 29, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Apr 29, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Criminal Jurisprudence
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 23, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Expansion Beyond Title 5
The bill broadens family violence tracking and penalties from a restricted subset of crimes to encompass any offense within the Penal Code.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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