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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses."
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description: "Relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex 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 8"
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citation: "Texas HB 8 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Pretrial Procedure (I0203)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "LAVINIA MASTERS ACT (P0748)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)", "TELEMEDICINE (S0219)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Howard", "Lang", "Minjarez", "Neave", "Nelson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 65
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-02-21"
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last_action: "2019-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a0bb4d1-9d68-49c6-a0bd-2acc72110c8a"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 8.xml"
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source_hash: "b342ff821dbea67a80962b553649f592bc7f6341cd236811c8b93b4647f9dcb5"
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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 8 (86) — Relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex 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/HB00008I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Button — primary (person)
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- Howard — primary (person)
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- Lang — primary (person)
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- Minjarez — primary (person)
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- Neave — primary (person)
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- Nelson — primary (person)
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- Allen — cosponsor (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
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- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
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- Canales — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
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- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
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- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
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- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
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- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
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- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Gutierrez — 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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- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Krause — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
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- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
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- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Meza — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
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- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
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- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Perez — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
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- Raney — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
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- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
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- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
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- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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- Wu — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-26** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-04-16** Record vote
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- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-25** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
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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** 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** 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** 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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- **2019-05-20** 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** 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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- **2019-05-25** 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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- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-04** 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/4a0bb4d1-9d68-49c6-a0bd-2acc72110c8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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