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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft."
+description: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 37"
+citation: "Texas HB 37 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kuempel", "Larson", "Minjarez", "Pacheco", "Perry", "Zedler"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5e4dce-0e7d-4288-a5a9-3e845bf223c9"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 37.xml"
+source_hash: "55a179d49dcdce0ed7f22f5599939b8575a422d4945805cd16e0e84aaa5db054"
+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 37 (86) — Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft.
+
+## 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/HB00037I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **135–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kuempel — primary (person)
+- Larson — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Pacheco — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Zedler — primary (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-11** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **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
+- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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 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/8f5e4dce-0e7d-4288-a5a9-3e845bf223c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+