---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete a theft education program."
description: "Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete a theft education program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2129"
citation: "Texas HB 2129 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "KEVIN KOLBYE ACT (PQ2QJ)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Hinojosa", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f98565d0-0106-4e27-8624-a76d472b0055"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2129.xml"
source_hash: "373e78a66c6ea808ab86414a2880dac7464d1fae3445c99663fa8d60445a2512"
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 2129 (88) — Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete a theft education program.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02129I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02129E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02129H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02129S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02129F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **102–32** (pass) · lower
- passage — **117–23** (pass) · upper
- passage — **117–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f98565d0-0106-4e27-8624-a76d472b0055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).