---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to criminal liability for reporting false information to draw an emergency response; creating an offense."
description: "Relating to criminal liability for reporting false information to draw an emergency response; creating an offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1056"
citation: "Texas SB 1056 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Wu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95f5259d-bcc8-421f-8d85-d93d51710ac3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1056.xml"
source_hash: "6cc899809fed9d0c78b9af0a94ede4a8b6d24df001cd53710a79c5d97a9f9742"
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 1056 (87) — Relating to criminal liability for reporting false information to draw an emergency response; creating an offense.

## 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/SB01056I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01056E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01056H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01056S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01056F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/95f5259d-bcc8-421f-8d85-d93d51710ac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).