---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties."
description: "Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "Texas HB 1540 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0472)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PROSTITUTION (S0016)", "TRESPASS (S0549)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Burrows", "Huffman", "Morales, Christina", "Parker", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97897ed9-a7c4-4ff3-bd0a-f1dcd4adf929"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1540.xml"
source_hash: "a34db8582148d85b27a9dbca6caafbd7bbd55d64b42f3a9d426e165ff1fe9dd3"
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 1540 (87) — Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01540F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97897ed9-a7c4-4ff3-bd0a-f1dcd4adf929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).