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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state and the establishment of the Texas crime information system by the Department of Public Safety."
+description: "Relating to incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state and the establishment of the Texas crime information system by the Department of Public Safety."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 4879"
+citation: "Texas HB 4879 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIME-STATISTICS (S0275)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Holland"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a9bff82-0070-478d-acf9-059f28e76745"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04800_HB04899/HB 4879.xml"
+source_hash: "65cc86cc58bb0ee9892ea21c9c4f93d1be66cc23414fcd6dd4a34da4880c9a3a"
+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 4879 (88) — Relating to incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state and the establishment of the Texas crime information system by the Department of Public Safety.
+
+## 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/HB04879I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04879E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04879H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04879S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04879F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Flores — primary (person)
+- Holland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-23** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-11** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-05** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-11** 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/6a9bff82-0070-478d-acf9-059f28e76745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+