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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to creating the criminal offense of financial abuse of an elderly individual."
+description: "Relating to creating the criminal offense of financial abuse of an elderly individual."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1156"
+citation: "Texas HB 1156 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Financial--General (I0365)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Crockett", "Leach", "Menéndez", "Thierry"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-15"
+last_action: "2021-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07821622-0728-4d94-be41-bf8e3e5d0069"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1156.xml"
+source_hash: "17bd3c047a6eeba91373a0d4ea07344e514cad0c6dc58054004c00612d6957f1"
+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 1156 (87) — Relating to creating the criminal offense of financial abuse of an elderly individual.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01156I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01156E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01156H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01156S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01156F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
+- Crockett — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — primary (person)
+- Thierry — primary (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** No action taken in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-09** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07821622-0728-4d94-be41-bf8e3e5d0069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+