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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the dismissal of certain actions relating to Medicaid fraud."
+description: "Relating to the dismissal of certain actions relating to Medicaid fraud."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2004"
+citation: "Texas HB 2004 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "MEDICAID (S4885)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Guillen", "Leach"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-19"
+last_action: "2019-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bedcde3-8949-4aff-a560-5a05efb74396"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2004.xml"
+source_hash: "129c417966bf318a353ed3bf48f0c45d53719be1fb7175efff21b597da219686"
+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 2004 (86) — Relating to the dismissal of certain actions relating to Medicaid fraud.
+
+## 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/HB02004I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fallon — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-25** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-09** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-10** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-10** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-21** 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/2bedcde3-8949-4aff-a560-5a05efb74396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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