A Texas House of Representatives committee moved forward a bill Wednesday that would stop non-disclosure agreements from being used to silence sexual abuse survivors. House Bill 748, authored by Plano Republican Rep.

Cindy Clemishire, the woman who accused former Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris of sexual abuse, testified Wednesday at the Texas Capitol on a bill aimed at abolishing non-disclosure agreements in cases involving sexual abuse and trafficking civil cases.

Cindy Clemishire testified to a Texas House panel on Wednesday that her refusal to sign a non-disclosure agreement made it possible for her to come forward.