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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1343"
+citation: "Texas HB 1343 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8474cd3b-e63b-4000-a896-d72a1f8b9df4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1343.xml"
+source_hash: "734da2d5e5441911e5e69d3d7bb41f0cbf99903b72218831819314c8d2367bb3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1343 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01343I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **139–1** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-27** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Record vote
+- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8474cd3b-e63b-4000-a896-d72a1f8b9df4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+