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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities."
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description: "Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities."
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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 2826"
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citation: "Texas HB 2826 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Lawyers (I0515)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "Purchasing--General (I0642)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Goldman", "Huffman", "Leach", "Longoria"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-03-01"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37852e12-b03c-44b9-b462-3c59b9179378"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2826.xml"
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source_hash: "dbb5890042abf47a052c25a4aef3cfb3c16cd1326c02b0b9c701f0af42fff342"
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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 2826 (86) — Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities.
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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/HB02826I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **103–39** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
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- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Goldman — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Longoria — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
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- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
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- Button — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
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- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Darby — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis, Sarah — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
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- Klick — cosponsor (person)
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- Krause — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Lang — cosponsor (person)
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- Larson — cosponsor (person)
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- Leman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
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- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
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- Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Raney — cosponsor (person)
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- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- White — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wray — cosponsor (person)
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- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
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- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-12** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-25** Posting rule suspended
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- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-05-01** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-02** Record vote
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- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** 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/37852e12-b03c-44b9-b462-3c59b9179378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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