---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments."
description: "Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4173"
citation: "Texas HB 4173 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "Statutory Revision (I0771)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "WITNESSES (S0015)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Leach"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df03d04-633e-40ad-bd82-16eafba2cc49"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4173.xml"
source_hash: "f210d757723657c9b0122be3f24be106c9f26ac93309c04f64d8181ba4fd2517"
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 4173 (86) — Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments.

## 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/HB04173I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-07** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df03d04-633e-40ad-bd82-16eafba2cc49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).