---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council."
description: "Relating to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3316"
citation: "Texas HB 3316 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "CRIME STOPPERS (S8302)", "TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS COUNCIL (V0796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schwertner", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc49df1-7c0e-4fd4-a9e0-3893b128449b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3316.xml"
source_hash: "8c9456e9bf7afeaa1cfa2765f5dd556e41a7d634e45425918a7abec4b77a532c"
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 3316 (86) — Relating to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council.

## 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/HB03316I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–17** (pass) · lower
- other — **124–17** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schwertner — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** 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/9fc49df1-7c0e-4fd4-a9e0-3893b128449b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).