---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment or interruption of access to an automated teller machine."
description: "Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment or interruption of access to an automated teller machine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "Texas SB 516 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES (S0062)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861d54ba-b12f-4cfc-966f-53d45b572a05"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 516.xml"
source_hash: "36d88d26dc2593e679c825d589811b084f244051b0a7432e5f11240d6abfcf6b"
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 516 (87) — Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment or interruption of access to an automated teller machine.

## 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/SB00516I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00516E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00516H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00516S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00516F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-31** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** House passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** 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/861d54ba-b12f-4cfc-966f-53d45b572a05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).