---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to using the Internet to obtain identifying information about an elderly individual for a fraudulent purpose."
description: "Relating to using the Internet to obtain identifying information about an elderly individual for a fraudulent purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 883"
citation: "Texas HB 883 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "INTERNET (S0130)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thierry", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a22851c1-35aa-43cc-aa2b-e7b79dc047b7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 883.xml"
source_hash: "4911f0f57d6b58a7fa49b6e8208baacee79f42ecd440524f4741b6add7740e47"
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 883 (86) — Relating to using the Internet to obtain identifying information about an elderly individual for a fraudulent purpose.

## 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/HB00883I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Thierry — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** 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/a22851c1-35aa-43cc-aa2b-e7b79dc047b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).