---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "Texas HB 1343 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Paxton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8474cd3b-e63b-4000-a896-d72a1f8b9df4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1343.xml"
source_hash: "734da2d5e5441911e5e69d3d7bb41f0cbf99903b72218831819314c8d2367bb3"
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 1343 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty.

## 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/HB01343I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **139–1** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** 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
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** 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/8474cd3b-e63b-4000-a896-d72a1f8b9df4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).