Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed House Bill 3073, the “Summer Willis Act,” capping a three-year campaign to overhaul the state’s sexual-assault statutes. The measure cleared both chambers in the final half-hour of the 2025 legislative session and received Abbott’s signature on 20 June. The law places an explicit definition of consent in the Texas Penal Code and removes a requirement that prosecutors show a perpetrator deliberately drugged a victim. It establishes that sexual assault occurs when a person is too intoxicated to consent, a change prosecutors and advocates say will allow more cases to be brought. “This is a clear statement that Texas will not tolerate sexual violence—and that we will no longer allow confusion about consent to be a shield for predators,” bill sponsor Sen. Angela Paxton said. The statute takes effect on 1 September, giving law-enforcement agencies and courts time to update procedures. HB 3073 is among 1,115 bills Abbott signed following the 2025 session, during which he vetoed 28 others. Advocates, including survivor Summer Willis, say their next goal is to seek an extension of the state’s 10-year statute of limitations for sexual-assault prosecutions in the 2027 Legislature.