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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of a writing that is attached to tangible property; enhancing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the punishment for the offense of fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of a writing that is attached to tangible property; enhancing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 427"
+citation: "Texas HB 427 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "FRAUD (S0166)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Hughes", "Krause", "Raymond", "Shaheen", "Zedler"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-30"
+last_action: "2019-05-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39ae1662-c723-4f90-828a-dad29f3880f3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 427.xml"
+source_hash: "cbbc5aced43c6ff27cf67e812ef17a1e19dfb1fc62b7d1c463b9bd7ac951b8c2"
+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 427 (86) — Relating to the punishment for the offense of fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of a writing that is attached to tangible property; enhancing 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/HB00427I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortez — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Krause — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Zedler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-20** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-10** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Record vote
+- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-09** 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
+- **2019-05-16** 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`
+- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-25** 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/39ae1662-c723-4f90-828a-dad29f3880f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+