---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving fraud."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving fraud."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2624"
citation: "Texas HB 2624 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "FRAUD (S0166)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Longoria", "Moody", "Perez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6711d12-3533-4b0b-b699-b62bab7f6a94"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2624.xml"
source_hash: "bb096b69d468809bfea1302b45557b5278e68333319fee96655ea2186db8fb46"
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 2624 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving fraud.

## 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/HB02624I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** 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`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** 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/d6711d12-3533-4b0b-b699-b62bab7f6a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).