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legislation/us/states/tx/86/hb-2894.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prosecution of health care fraud; creating a criminal offense."
+description: "Relating to the prosecution of health care fraud; creating a criminal offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2894"
+citation: "Texas HB 2894 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Collier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-01"
+last_action: "2019-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb1f5b87-14f1-4dd4-a38a-7be3551e6105"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2894.xml"
+source_hash: "003ef6228951289fd6d1a95c58d29fa7e7d06752de5c42a2a05558819aea94d4"
+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 2894 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of health care fraud; creating a criminal offense.
+
+## 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/HB02894I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** Referred to Criminal 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
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Recommitted to committee
+- **2019-04-24** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-09** Record vote
+- **2019-05-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** 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** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **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 reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-02** 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/cb1f5b87-14f1-4dd4-a38a-7be3551e6105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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