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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers."
+description: "Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 996"
+citation: "Texas HB 996 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "DEBT (S0116)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Collier", "Leach", "Longoria", "Paxton", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-23"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a57f2a7-db33-43f5-94a7-d56cd0bd1b54"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 996.xml"
+source_hash: "3ae8d9c0dcf75eefedca669a5a0a9b57d780a4f33104f364d4b633a024a87ebf"
+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 996 (86) — Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers.
+
+## 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/HB00996I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **133–7** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **120–20** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **133–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Capriglione — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **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
+- **2019-05-22** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-28** 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/9a57f2a7-db33-43f5-94a7-d56cd0bd1b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+