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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area."
+description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 201"
+citation: "Texas SB 201 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-16"
+last_action: "2019-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf612e27-654d-42dc-9877-b9a6dcd8f2ba"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 201.xml"
+source_hash: "0d1d37c5101f53af2f6399d25ae48fdf4873979e3a23761459456222786802a6"
+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 SB 201 (86) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.
+
+## 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/SB00201I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2018-11-16** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-12** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-02-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-02-28** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-02-28** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-18** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-02** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-02** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-02** Record vote
+- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** Record vote
+- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-04** 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/cf612e27-654d-42dc-9877-b9a6dcd8f2ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+