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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty."
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description: "Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 1343"
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citation: "Texas HB 1343 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Paxton"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8474cd3b-e63b-4000-a896-d72a1f8b9df4"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1343.xml"
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source_hash: "734da2d5e5441911e5e69d3d7bb41f0cbf99903b72218831819314c8d2367bb3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 1343 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper contact with a victim and to protective orders for victims of certain offenses; enhancing a criminal penalty.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01343I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **139–1** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-27** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-25** Record vote
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- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-29** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-23** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8474cd3b-e63b-4000-a896-d72a1f8b9df4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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