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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties."
+description: "Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1540"
+citation: "Texas HB 1540 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0472)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PROSTITUTION (S0016)", "TRESPASS (S0549)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Burrows", "Huffman", "Morales, Christina", "Parker", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97897ed9-a7c4-4ff3-bd0a-f1dcd4adf929"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1540.xml"
+source_hash: "a34db8582148d85b27a9dbca6caafbd7bbd55d64b42f3a9d426e165ff1fe9dd3"
+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 1540 (87) — Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.
+
+## 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/HB01540I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-13** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-13** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-19** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/97897ed9-a7c4-4ff3-bd0a-f1dcd4adf929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+