---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an election."
description: "Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 751"
citation: "Texas SB 751 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "VIDEOTAPE & FILM (S2361)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Meyer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/570e939c-bfae-4f87-995d-965c27986b71"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 751.xml"
source_hash: "2b2a0dc061e6dcca9c2487c28d953f4dbb3f9fc0393c3a445666877045e1fd13"
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 751 (86) — Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an election.

## 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/SB00751I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** 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/570e939c-bfae-4f87-995d-965c27986b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).