--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses." description: "Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "86" identifier: "HB 3557" citation: "Texas HB 3557 (86)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACT (P0740)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Paddie"] version_count: 1 action_count: 89 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2019-03-06" last_action: "2019-06-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc32b95-428a-4f5f-93ca-c19c87195162" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3557.xml" source_hash: "684103faff0b0b57dd9cc09bf3cd29dc2cb9d466c7d6cb6daee82199d3216387" 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 3557 (86) — Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses. ## 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/HB03557I.HTM) ## Votes - passage — **90–51** (pass) · lower - other — **97–49** (fail) · upper - passage — **99–45** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Birdwell — primary (person) - Paddie — primary (person) - Fallon — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-03-06** Filed `filing` - **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-03-18** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee` - **2019-03-25** Posting rule suspended - **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing - **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee - **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing - **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee - **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator - **2019-04-23** Committee report distributed - **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars - **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar - **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2019-05-06** Postponed - **2019-05-06** Laid out as postponed business - **2019-05-06** Postponed - **2019-05-06** Laid out as postponed business - **2019-05-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2019-05-06** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment` - **2019-05-06** Amendment adopted as amended - **2019-05-06** Amendment tabled - **2019-05-06** Record vote - **2019-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended - **2019-05-06** Record vote - **2019-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2019-05-07** Passed `passage` - **2019-05-07** Record vote - **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed - **2019-05-07** Received from the House `introduction` - **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-05-08** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee` - **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized - **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing - **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee - **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee - **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing - **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed - **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar - **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business - **2019-05-20** Record vote - **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended - **2019-05-20** Record vote - **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 - **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported - **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed - **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed - **2019-05-23** Point of order withdrawn - **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments - **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee - **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees - **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported - **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported - **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported - **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm. - **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees - **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported - **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported - **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed - **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed - **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report - **2019-05-26** Record vote - **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported - **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report - **2019-05-26** Record vote - **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-26** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal - **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported - **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled - **2019-05-27** 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/adc32b95-428a-4f5f-93ca-c19c87195162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).