---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator."
description: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1400"
citation: "Texas HB 1400 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS & PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (S1276)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Dominguez", "Pacheco", "Swanson", "Tinderholt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f99cfe00-05a5-4def-81d6-b2ed2ba319eb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1400.xml"
source_hash: "f9b551e2368023fb1ea5830c7f636a3aaa0339a9ebec16efb6092ab2a69b2a5c"
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 1400 (87) — Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Dominguez — primary (person)
- Pacheco — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Tinderholt — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f99cfe00-05a5-4def-81d6-b2ed2ba319eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).