HB 559: Criminal Offenses
GENERAL BILL by Chaney
Criminal Offenses; Provides criminal penalties for persons who commit any act that causes, tends to cause, encourages, or contributes to child committing offenses of specified severities; provides criminal penalties for persons who induce or endeavor to induce, by act, threat, command, or persuasion, child to commit offenses of specified severities; creates offense of causing or enticing minor to commit, or in presence of minor committing, animal cruelty; creates offense of causing or enticing minor to commit, or in presence of minor committing, fighting or baiting animals; creates offense of causing or enticing minor to commit, or in presence of minor committing, sexual activities involving animals; increases level on offense severity ranking chart for fighting or baiting animals; ranks offenses created by act on offense severity ranking chart.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/1/2025 House • Filed
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HB 559, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/1/2025 at 10:55 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 676 Criminal Offenses Arrington Identical Last Action: 12/1/2025 S Filed 
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 62 (pdf) 90.4025 Admissibility of paternity determination in certain criminal prosecutions. Page 63 (pdf) 382.356 Protocol for sharing certain birth certificate information. Page 63 (pdf) 409.2355 Programs for prosecution of males over age 21 who commit certain offenses involving girls under age 16. Page 64 (pdf) 742.107 Determining paternity of child with mother under 16 years of age when impregnated. Page 64 (pdf) 827.04 Contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child; penalty. Page 2 (pdf) 828.12 Cruelty to animals. Page 4 (pdf) 828.122 Fighting or baiting animals; offenses; penalties. Page 5 (pdf) 828.126 Sexual activities involving animals. Page 7 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 8 (pdf)