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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft."
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description: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft."
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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 37"
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citation: "Texas HB 37 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kuempel", "Larson", "Minjarez", "Pacheco", "Perry", "Zedler"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-11-12"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5e4dce-0e7d-4288-a5a9-3e845bf223c9"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 37.xml"
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source_hash: "55a179d49dcdce0ed7f22f5599939b8575a422d4945805cd16e0e84aaa5db054"
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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 37 (86) — Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft.
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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/HB00037I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **135–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kuempel — primary (person)
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- Larson — primary (person)
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- Minjarez — primary (person)
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- Pacheco — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Zedler — primary (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-11** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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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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- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-08** Record vote
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- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
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- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-26** 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/8f5e4dce-0e7d-4288-a5a9-3e845bf223c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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