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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs."
+description: "Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 54"
+citation: "Texas HB 54 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["JAVIER AMBLER'S LAW (PE9F2)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "TELEVISION (S2319)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Israel", "Patterson", "Talarico", "White", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-11-09"
+last_action: "2021-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edb3839b-21a1-4f7c-85cf-2197f8c6029f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 54.xml"
+source_hash: "eeba381777b38d53c6e25af9aaf52d33123f5fe6a6f3113372f0b41144d3565f"
+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 54 (87) — Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs.
+
+## 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/HB00054I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **110–34** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bucy — primary (person)
+- Israel — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Talarico — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vo — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-15** Record vote
+- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-19** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-26** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edb3839b-21a1-4f7c-85cf-2197f8c6029f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+