---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of limited liability companies and other business entities under the Penal Code."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of limited liability companies and other business entities under the Penal Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1258"
citation: "Texas SB 1258 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Corporations & Associations (I0090)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Moody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be78811-7ce0-442e-a5fa-a7f0b989c486"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1258.xml"
source_hash: "67217aa459aa3d5a783cc8be488aab8a512a66e29e7e81cbd6c8d05dcd7c8b65"
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 SB 1258 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of limited liability companies and other business entities under the Penal Code.

## 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/SB01258I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-25** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-13** House passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** 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/3be78811-7ce0-442e-a5fa-a7f0b989c486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).