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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2038"
+citation: "Texas HB 2038 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)", "OYSTERS (S0292)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Flores"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-20"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba030e83-7758-4475-a0ec-b5160855862d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2038.xml"
+source_hash: "d9d4afb7176ae67bb4d1b97954b6f69a025cbe84738d7b604acd4af77e2171d0"
+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 2038 (86) — Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the 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/HB02038I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Flores — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2019-04-12** Withdrawn from calendar (by author)
+- **2019-04-12** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-04-15** Transferred to Calendars Committee
+- **2019-04-16** 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
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-25** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-30** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** 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** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba030e83-7758-4475-a0ec-b5160855862d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+