---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers."
description: "Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 996"
citation: "Texas HB 996 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "DEBT (S0116)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Collier", "Leach", "Longoria", "Paxton", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a57f2a7-db33-43f5-94a7-d56cd0bd1b54"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 996.xml"
source_hash: "3ae8d9c0dcf75eefedca669a5a0a9b57d780a4f33104f364d4b633a024a87ebf"
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 996 (86) — Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers.

## 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/HB00996I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **133–7** (fail) · upper
- passage — **120–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2019-05-22** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** 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/9a57f2a7-db33-43f5-94a7-d56cd0bd1b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).