---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of certain funds derived from criminal asset forfeiture to provide services to domestic victims of trafficking."
description: "Relating to the use of certain funds derived from criminal asset forfeiture to provide services to domestic victims of trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "Texas HB 402 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL ASSET FORFEITURE (S0179)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Hernandez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a1541db-91ff-4dbf-9cc6-4c2e1f3a5704"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 402.xml"
source_hash: "e1bcd7ec91b811cf3e77794caa1a18071f3da7e156475c9217de4b80bc5278e0"
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 402 (87) — Relating to the use of certain funds derived from criminal asset forfeiture to provide services to domestic victims of trafficking.

## 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/HB00402I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00402E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00402H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00402S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00402F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/7a1541db-91ff-4dbf-9cc6-4c2e1f3a5704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).