republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/86/hb-869.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 869"
citation: "Texas HB 869 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Hefner", "Hughes", "Moody", "Perez", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54017ef7-0d24-4640-be20-3ef17514976d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 869.xml"
source_hash: "0901ba88e9a25750da6ab91706febe9a0a00e1efbe491d259ef42ffa30bf9580"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 869 (86) — Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00869I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collier — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54017ef7-0d24-4640-be20-3ef17514976d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).