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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to organized crime, racketeering activities, and collection of unlawful debts; providing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses."
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description: "Relating to organized crime, racketeering activities, and collection of unlawful debts; providing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 4635"
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citation: "Texas HB 4635 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CRIMINAL ASSET FORFEITURE (S0179)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "DEBT (S0116)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "ORGANIZED CRIME (S1233)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "SUBPOENAS (S8341)", "TEXAS RACKETEERING ACT (PA9RL)", "WITNESSES (S0015)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Guillen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 74
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2023-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d82b973-b369-4f70-8223-4a236e3481c5"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4635.xml"
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source_hash: "9405805e93791a21aa3826f5f06b941e3b4a4a1ed22fa5a776770a2b5e460481"
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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 4635 (88) — Relating to organized crime, racketeering activities, and collection of unlawful debts; providing a civil penalty; creating criminal 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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04635I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04635E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04635H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04635S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04635F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **105–35** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **112–24** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **109–29** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **105–35** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4635 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-22** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-02** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-04** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-05-04** Record vote
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- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-05** Record vote
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- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-05** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-09** Referred to Border Security `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-23** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-23** Record vote
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- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Record vote
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- **2023-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
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- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/2d82b973-b369-4f70-8223-4a236e3481c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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