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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting a child as a family member at a port of entry."
+description: "Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting a child as a family member at a port of entry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 888"
+citation: "Texas HB 888 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Minors--General (I0537)", "IMMIGRATION LAW (S0674)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cyrier", "Dean", "Landgraf", "Perry", "Phelan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-17"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192f851b-e150-4e27-b587-a11f76f559a2"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 888.xml"
+source_hash: "87a583339d282345f551732f82d896e9548e3871052f4e3601d8a8ae6d40c6cc"
+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 888 (86) — Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting a child as a family member at a port of entry.
+
+## 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/HB00888I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **100–43** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **94–46** (pass) · lower
+- other — **100–43** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cyrier — primary (person)
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Landgraf — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** 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/192f851b-e150-4e27-b587-a11f76f559a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+