---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting the sale and purchase of certain aquatic products; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to prohibiting the sale and purchase of certain aquatic products; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1828"
citation: "Texas HB 1828 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca1203d5-41ae-45fd-a71b-c3689b3b5f94"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1828.xml"
source_hash: "cf90c1a21a347110f59d5bfc1d40882a2e532ceb5706843001187771d8088dea"
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 1828 (86) — Relating to prohibiting the sale and purchase of certain aquatic products; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

## 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/HB01828I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **121–18** (fail) · upper
- passage — **121–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **113–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** 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/ca1203d5-41ae-45fd-a71b-c3689b3b5f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).