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SB 676: Criminal Offenses

GENERAL BILL by Arrington

Criminal Offenses; Providing criminal penalties for persons who commit any act that causes, tends to cause, encourages, or contributes to a child committing offenses of specified severities; providing criminal penalties for persons who induce or endeavor to induce, by act, threat, command, or persuasion, a child to commit offenses of specified severities; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, animal cruelty, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2026
Last Action: 1/21/2026 Senate - Now in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/1/2025 Senate • Filed
    12/9/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
    1/5/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    1/12/2026 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
    1/16/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    1/21/2026 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    • Now in Fiscal Policy

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  • SB 676, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/1/2025 at 9:16 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2026 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 1/12/2026 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) 1/20/2026 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) 1/21/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 559 Criminal Offenses Chaney, López Identical Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/12/2026 1:30 PM Criminal Justice 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/21/2026 1:30 PM Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (10)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.201 Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior. Page 52 (pdf)
    90.4025 Admissibility of paternity determination in certain criminal prosecutions. Page 52 (pdf)
    382.356 Protocol for sharing certain birth certificate information. Page 52 (pdf)
    409.2355 Programs for prosecution of males over age 21 who commit certain offenses involving girls under age 16. Page 53 (pdf)
    742.107 Determining paternity of child with mother under 16 years of age when impregnated. Page 53 (pdf)
    827.04 Contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child; penalty. Page 2 (pdf)
    828.12 Cruelty to animals. Page 3 (pdf)
    828.122 Fighting or baiting animals; offenses; penalties. Page 4 (pdf)
    828.126 Sexual activities involving animals. Page 6 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 7 (pdf)

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