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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator. Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 HB 1400 Texas HB 1400 (87)
bill
Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)
PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS & PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (S1276)
enacted
Bettencourt
Dominguez
Pacheco
Swanson
Tinderholt
5 49 0 2021-01-27 2021-06-15 openstates ocd-bill/f99cfe00-05a5-4def-81d6-b2ed2ba319eb ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1400.xml f9b551e2368023fb1ea5830c7f636a3aaa0339a9ebec16efb6092ab2a69b2a5c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 1400 (87) — Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Bettencourt — primary (person)
  • Dominguez — primary (person)
  • Pacheco — primary (person)
  • Swanson — primary (person)
  • Tinderholt — primary (person)
  • Cain — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-27 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-05 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-05 Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2021-04-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-04-15 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2021-04-16 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-04-16 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-04-21 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-04-21 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2021-04-21 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2021-04-21 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-27 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-04-27 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-04-27 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2021-05-11 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2021-05-14 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2021-05-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-14 Passed to engrossment
  • 2021-05-14 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-14 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-14 Record vote
  • 2021-05-14 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-14 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-05-17 Received from the House introduction
  • 2021-05-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-05-17 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
  • 2021-05-20 Posting rule suspended
  • 2021-05-21 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-05-21 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-22 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-22 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-05-22 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-05-25 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-26 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-05-26 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-26 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-26 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-05-26 Record vote
  • 2021-05-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-26 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-26 Record vote
  • 2021-05-27 Senate passage reported
  • 2021-05-28 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-29 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-31 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-31 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-15 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f99cfe00-05a5-4def-81d6-b2ed2ba319eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).