---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area."
description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "Texas HB 1028 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Huffman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69b9d77c-e807-4c8a-ac5a-0587dcef052c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1028.xml"
source_hash: "aecfe31b7f0322aecd48f6bd4b8ed830bed7a68375f20fc079bf70fca69b4534"
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 1028 (86) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01028I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **140–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69b9d77c-e807-4c8a-ac5a-0587dcef052c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).