Monitoring the Session

HB 2590

bill raises indecent exposure punishment for repeat sex offenders

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Mike OlcottRHouse 60

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

A prior sex-offense record means a bigger penalty.

This bill raises the punishment for indecent exposure when the person has a prior sex-offense record. A person who was previously convicted of, or placed on deferred adjudication for, an offense that requires sex-offender registration would face a state jail felony instead of a misdemeanor, alongside the existing step-ups for repeat exposure offenses and for people civilly committed as sexually violent predators. The change applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee 8-3 on May 6, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 13, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2590 · 2025-02-07

SOLD BY

Rep. Mike OlcottRHouse 60

ITEM

relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure.

WHAT IT DOES

A prior sex-offense record means a bigger penalty.

This bill raises the punishment for indecent exposure when the person has a prior sex-offense record. A person who was previously convicted of, or placed on deferred adjudication for, an offense that requires sex-offender registration would face a state jail felony instead of a misdemeanor, alongside the existing step-ups for repeat exposure offenses and for people civilly committed as sexually violent predators. The change applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 23, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  4. Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
  5. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  6. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  8. Left pending in subcommittee
  9. Recalled from subcommittee
  10. Considered in formal meeting
  11. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Committee report sent to Calendars
  15. Considered in Calendars
  16. Placed on General State Calendar
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Mike Olcott

Donors

Darlene Pendery$300,000Guy and Helen Mabee$100,800Guy Mabee$50,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Darlene Pendery$300,000.00
Guy and Helen Mabee$100,800.00
Guy Mabee$50,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses11
For
10
Against
1
On
0
Names

For

  • Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
  • Houston Police Department1 registration
  • San Antonio Police Officers Association1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney1 registration
  • Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union1 registration
  • Self; Parker County District Attorney's Office1 registration
  • Sheriffs’ Association of Texas1 registration
  • Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)1 registration
  • Texas Police Chiefs Association1 registration

Against

  • Self1 registration
Sources

11 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 23, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 7, 2025

05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 8 aye, 3 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual

Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment

Text

The text as introduced · 340 words

89R2580 LHC-D

By: Olcott
H.B. No. 2590

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 21.08(b), Penal Code, as amended by

Chapters 351 (S.B. 1179) and 822 (H.B. 1730), Acts of the 88th

Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to

read as follows:

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,

except that the offense is:

(1) a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial

of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one

time of an offense under this section; [ and ]

(2) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of

the offense that the defendant :

(A) has been previously convicted two or more

times of an offense under this section ; or

(B) has been previously convicted of or placed on

deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense that is

considered to be a reportable conviction or adjudication, as

defined by Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(3) a felony of the third degree if the actor is

civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841,

Health and Safety Code.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails

over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,

relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

codes.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.