Yesterday, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously voted for SB-835, also known as “Trey’s Law,” adopting the preferred language of witnesses in favor of the bill.
The hearing included two versions of “Trey’s Law” — the Senate version focused solely on survivors of childhood crimes and the House companion bill, HB-748, that would apply to sexual assault and trafficking victims of any age. Both the invited and public testimony overwhelmingly supported language that would apply to all sexual assault and trafficking victims.
These now identical public safety bills seek to end the misuse of nondisclosure agreements against sexual assault victims in civil settlement agreements.