---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area."
description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Texas SB 201 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-16"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf612e27-654d-42dc-9877-b9a6dcd8f2ba"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 201.xml"
source_hash: "0d1d37c5101f53af2f6399d25ae48fdf4873979e3a23761459456222786802a6"
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 SB 201 (86) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.

## 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/SB00201I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-02-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-28** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-02-28** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-18** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-02** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/cf612e27-654d-42dc-9877-b9a6dcd8f2ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).