---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in retaliation for or on account of a person's service or status as a public servant."
description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in retaliation for or on account of a person's service or status as a public servant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 624"
citation: "Texas HB 624 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Shine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-20"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35427f7-0f59-4020-9889-664c164a1a9d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 624.xml"
source_hash: "bdedeaa516a1a7e84637b935a9ac806be29d0425b3068502b006d5d9d82ad821"
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 624 (87) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in retaliation for or on account of a person's service or status as a public servant.

## 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/HB00624I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00624E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00624H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00624S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00624F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **130–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-20** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-28** 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/e35427f7-0f59-4020-9889-664c164a1a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).