---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the deceptive trade practice of charging exorbitant or excessive prices for necessities during a declared disaster."
description: "Relating to the deceptive trade practice of charging exorbitant or excessive prices for necessities during a declared disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1152"
citation: "Texas HB 1152 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING MATERIALS (S0106)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Campbell", "Guillen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39646941-2126-46eb-a857-b0ff0dd8bbdb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1152.xml"
source_hash: "3ac69b691220797681470d0321577280ae6449f319b27373c6c1aabd74d6af15"
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 1152 (86) — Relating to the deceptive trade practice of charging exorbitant or excessive prices for necessities during a declared disaster.

## 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/HB01152I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** 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/39646941-2126-46eb-a857-b0ff0dd8bbdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).