---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a prohibition on following an individual and tracking or monitoring the individual's personal property or motor vehicle and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct."
description: "Relating to a prohibition on following an individual and tracking or monitoring the individual's personal property or motor vehicle and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2715"
citation: "Texas HB 2715 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (S0554)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "STALKING (S0044)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Hull", "Leach", "Lujan", "Moody", "Talarico"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28a4db69-7f09-40d7-ab08-3eb63a6d5443"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2715.xml"
source_hash: "617973eaaee2fe0626f6f36003f77eb03b124de3f28766d6ff74b783ede0f963"
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 2715 (88) — Relating to a prohibition on following an individual and tracking or monitoring the individual's personal property or motor vehicle and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02715I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02715E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02715H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02715S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02715F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-12** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28a4db69-7f09-40d7-ab08-3eb63a6d5443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).