---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs."
description: "Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "Texas HB 54 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JAVIER AMBLER'S LAW (PE9F2)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "TELEVISION (S2319)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Israel", "Patterson", "Talarico", "White", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edb3839b-21a1-4f7c-85cf-2197f8c6029f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 54.xml"
source_hash: "eeba381777b38d53c6e25af9aaf52d33123f5fe6a6f3113372f0b41144d3565f"
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 54 (87) — Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs.

## 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/HB00054I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00054F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **110–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Israel — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- West — 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 Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **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
- **2021-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edb3839b-21a1-4f7c-85cf-2197f8c6029f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).