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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the establishment of an organized retail theft task force."
+description: "Relating to the establishment of an organized retail theft task force."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 1826"
+citation: "Texas HB 1826 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT TASK FORCE (VZ6ZM)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Raney", "Turner", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-03"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d25229b-bf50-43de-8ba1-e3cb64b3f60d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1826.xml"
+source_hash: "51c28d284605a25402cb714be9f6a516f086886c435a28a4c1ddf3782a2f1110"
+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 1826 (88) — Relating to the establishment of an organized retail theft task force.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01826I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01826E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01826H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01826S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01826F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Raney — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-04-26** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
+- **2023-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-02** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d25229b-bf50-43de-8ba1-e3cb64b3f60d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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