SB 3031: bill raising more aggravated assault cases to first-degree felony

Caption

relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

Summary

Mainly drive-by shootings.

The bill raises more aggravated assault cases from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony, mainly in drive-by shootings. The first-degree level would now reach a shooter who is inside a vehicle or directly on the way to or from one, and who fires at a home, building or vehicle and causes any bodily injury, causes property damage, or puts someone in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. People charged with aggravated assault in those situations would face the higher punishment for offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3062 by Rep. Ann Johnson (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Joan Huffman (R) in the Senate. Lead sponsor Ann Johnson (D) in the House. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB3031 · 2025-03-21

SOLD BY

Sen. Joan HuffmanRSenate 17

ITEM

relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

WHAT IT DOES

Mainly drive-by shootings.

The bill raises more aggravated assault cases from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony, mainly in drive-by shootings. The first-degree level would now reach a shooter who is inside a vehicle or directly on the way to or from one, and who fires at a home, building or vehicle and causes any bodily injury, causes property damage, or puts someone in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. People charged with aggravated assault in those situations would face the higher punishment for 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 12, 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

Mar 21, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Apr 7, 2025Permission to introduce
Apr 7, 2025Read first time
Apr 7, 2025Referred to State Affairs
Apr 14, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 14, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 14, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 16, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 16, 2025Vote taken in committee
Apr 22, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Apr 22, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 24, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 28, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Apr 28, 2025Record vote
Apr 28, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Apr 28, 2025Record vote
Apr 28, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 28, 2025Record vote
Apr 28, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 28, 2025Passed
Apr 28, 2025Record vote
Apr 28, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 29, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 30, 2025Read first time
Apr 30, 2025Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
May 6, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 6, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 15, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 15, 2025Committee report distributed
May 15, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 19, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 21, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 21, 2025Read 2nd time
May 21, 2025Amendment fails of adoption 1-Virdell
May 21, 2025Record vote RV#3177
May 21, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 21, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 21, 2025Record vote RV#3178
May 21, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 22, 2025Read 3rd time
May 22, 2025Passed
May 22, 2025Record vote RV#3208
May 22, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 23, 2025House passage reported
May 23, 2025Reported enrolled
May 26, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 26, 2025Signed in the House
May 27, 2025Sent to the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Signed by the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 104 yea · 39 nay

Senate · 26 yea · 5 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 22, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 28, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Joan Huffman

Donors

Donors report through Texans for Joan Huffman.

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 · Oct 27, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.

Money

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

Votes7

House May 22, 2025

Yea: 104
Nay: 39
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 3
Excused: 2

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3208

SB 3031 was passed by (Record 3208): 104 Yeas, 39 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 104 (published)
Nay: 39 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 21, 2025

Yea: 103
Nay: 38
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 5
Excused: 2

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3178

SB 3031 was passed to third reading by (Record 3178): 103 Yeas, 38 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 103 (published)
Nay: 38 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 5 (derived from named list)
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 21, 2025

Yea: 59
Nay: 78
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 9
Excused: 2

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3177

Amendment No. 1 failed of adoption by (Record 3177): 59 Yeas, 78 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 59 (published)
Nay: 78 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 9 (derived from named list)
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 28, 2025

Yea: 26
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 26 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 28, 2025

Yea: 26
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Huffman moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 3031 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 26 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 28, 2025

Yea: 26
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 26 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 28, 2025

Yea: 25
Nay: 6
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Huffman moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration SB 3031 at this time on its second reading: SB 3031, Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 25 (published)
Nay: 6 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses5

For: 5
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
Self1 registration
Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union1 registration
Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas1 registration
TMPA1 registration

Sources

5 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

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

Senate 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 12, 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.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 3062

by Rep. Ann Johnson, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 14, 2023: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 21, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

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

Companion

HB 795 by Johnson (identical)

Subjects

Crimes--Against Persons--General

Text

The text as introduced · 481 words

89R1447 JDK-D

By: Huffman
S.B. No. 3031

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

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

SECTION 1. Section 22.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to read

as follows:

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second

degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first degree if:

(1) the actor uses a deadly weapon during the

commission of the assault and causes:

(A) serious bodily injury to a person whose

relationship to or association with the defendant is described by

Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code; or

(B) a traumatic brain or spine injury to another

that results in a persistent vegetative state or irreversible

paralysis;

(2) regardless of whether the offense is committed

under Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), the offense is committed:

(A) by a public servant acting under color of the

servant's office or employment;

(B) against a person the actor knows is a public

servant while the public servant is lawfully discharging an

official duty, or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of

official power or performance of an official duty as a public

servant;

(C) in retaliation against or on account of the

service of another as a witness, prospective witness, informant, or

person who has reported the occurrence of a crime;

(D) against a person the actor knows is a process

server while the person is performing a duty as a process server; or

(E) against a person the actor knows is a

security officer while the officer is performing a duty as a

security officer;

(3) the actor is inside of or directly en route to or

from [ in ] a motor vehicle, as defined by Section 501.002,

Transportation Code, and:

(A) knowingly discharges a firearm at or in the

direction of a habitation, building, or vehicle;

(B) is reckless as to whether the habitation,

building, or vehicle is occupied; and

(C) in discharging the firearm :

(i) [ , ] causes [ serious ] bodily injury to any

person or damage to any property; or

(ii) places any person in fear of imminent

serious bodily injury ; or

(4) the actor commits the assault as part of a mass

shooting.

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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

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WHAT IT DOES

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HISTORY

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Donors

House May 22, 2025

House May 21, 2025

House May 21, 2025

Senate Apr 28, 2025

Senate Apr 28, 2025

Senate Apr 28, 2025

Senate Apr 28, 2025

For

88R HB 3062

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