Texas · House Bill 3189 · 89th Legislature, Regular Session

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct constituting the offense of trafficking of persons.

HB 3189 Sponsored by Helen Kerwin Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 21, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 20, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseRead first time
  3. HouseReferred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  4. CommitteeReferred directly to subcommittee by chair · House Criminal Jurisprudence
  5. HouseScheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  6. HouseConsidered by s/c in public hearing
  7. HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  8. HouseLeft pending in subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 9 cosponsors: 9 Republicans.

All 9 cosponsors

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.