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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the regulation of oyster harvesting; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the regulation of oyster harvesting; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2321"
+citation: "Texas HB 2321 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)", "MARICULTURE (S0223)", "OYSTERS (S0292)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Morrison"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-25"
+last_action: "2019-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bc4ee5a-a846-4ada-a234-8ab07c92a5bd"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2321.xml"
+source_hash: "b03e00c1801f616999d4311bdb0d5181cc55b62314cb6d883a9fe8c59415395a"
+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 2321 (86) — Relating to the regulation of oyster harvesting; increasing 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/HB02321I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **133–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Morrison — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** 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** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-02** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-05** 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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **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
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-31** 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/2bc4ee5a-a846-4ada-a234-8ab07c92a5bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+