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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the amount of civil penalties the attorney general may seek to recover under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act."
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description: "Relating to the amount of civil penalties the attorney general may seek to recover under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act."
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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: "SB 2140"
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citation: "Texas SB 2140 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Hughes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-03-07"
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last_action: "2019-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f850875-64ac-4299-ad34-f2ba2f538c7f"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2140.xml"
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source_hash: "0bfcc15f98029343968d9d485ffec6491d54654b452d09d08e0d514e9340032a"
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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 SB 2140 (86) — Relating to the amount of civil penalties the attorney general may seek to recover under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
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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/SB02140I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **134–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Burrows — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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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** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-23** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Record vote
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- **2019-05-14** House passage reported
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- **2019-05-14** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-25** 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/3f850875-64ac-4299-ad34-f2ba2f538c7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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