---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the amount of civil penalties the attorney general may seek to recover under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act."
description: "Relating to the amount of civil penalties the attorney general may seek to recover under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2140"
citation: "Texas SB 2140 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f850875-64ac-4299-ad34-f2ba2f538c7f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2140.xml"
source_hash: "0bfcc15f98029343968d9d485ffec6491d54654b452d09d08e0d514e9340032a"
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 2140 (86) — Relating to the amount of civil penalties the attorney general may seek to recover under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.

## 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/SB02140I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** House passage reported
- **2019-05-14** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** 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/3f850875-64ac-4299-ad34-f2ba2f538c7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).