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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses."
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description: "Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses."
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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 3557"
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citation: "Texas HB 3557 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACT (P0740)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Paddie"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 89
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-03-06"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc32b95-428a-4f5f-93ca-c19c87195162"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3557.xml"
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source_hash: "684103faff0b0b57dd9cc09bf3cd29dc2cb9d466c7d6cb6daee82199d3216387"
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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 3557 (86) — Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses.
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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/HB03557I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **90–51** (pass) · lower
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- other — **97–49** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **99–45** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Birdwell — primary (person)
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- Paddie — primary (person)
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- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-18** 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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- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-06** Postponed
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- **2019-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2019-05-06** Postponed
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- **2019-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2019-05-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-06** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
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- **2019-05-06** Amendment adopted as amended
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- **2019-05-06** Amendment tabled
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- **2019-05-06** Record vote
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- **2019-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-05-06** Record vote
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- **2019-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-07** Record vote
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- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-08** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
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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** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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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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- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-23** Point of order withdrawn
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- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
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- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
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- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
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- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
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- **2019-05-26** Record vote
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- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
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- **2019-05-26** Record vote
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- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-26** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-29** 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/adc32b95-428a-4f5f-93ca-c19c87195162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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