---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating the criminal offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information."
description: "Relating to creating the criminal offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2625"
citation: "Texas HB 2625 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "FRAUD (S0166)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Longoria", "Moody", "Perez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95ff735c-c60f-4959-bc6c-4be1618ec570"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2625.xml"
source_hash: "d83cb19bdbbdfdc4d71c6974b83a9036716ad21e2521157dca961e9a7fb0e344"
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 2625 (86) — Relating to creating the criminal offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02625I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95ff735c-c60f-4959-bc6c-4be1618ec570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).