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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of service."
+description: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2524"
+citation: "Texas HB 2524 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Charles \"Doc\"", "Collier", "Miles"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-26"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/679b4a54-f738-4f75-8b1c-23f9e55e4149"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2524.xml"
+source_hash: "a89af079a8656e2e82c45e5bf281dc34fcbb985938a2bf55d0cc9eba226cc956"
+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 2524 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of service.
+
+## 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/HB02524I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–2** (pass) · lower
+- other — **138–2** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Miles — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Record vote
+- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **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
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** 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/679b4a54-f738-4f75-8b1c-23f9e55e4149`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+