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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee."
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description: "Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee."
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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: "SB 224"
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citation: "Texas SB 224 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "DEPUTY DARREN ALMENDAREZ ACT (PZ5KQ)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY (V1181)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SECONDHAND METAL (S0255)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Goldman", "Hull", "Leach", "Oliverson", "Walle", "Whitmire"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 62
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-11-14"
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last_action: "2023-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee26f08b-3b05-4a41-9823-1be30a47d7ab"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 224.xml"
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source_hash: "d55159011ca26635e7bea3bf561dfde5ff775b0346e093ba81322b4a7a8e7c6b"
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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 224 (88) — Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee.
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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/SB00224I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00224E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00224H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00224S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00224F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage to engrossment — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 as amended — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **0–0** (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 CSSB 224 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Goldman — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Walle — primary (person)
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- Whitmire — primary (person)
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- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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- Wu — cosponsor (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-21** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-07** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-08** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-14** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-21** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-28** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-03** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-04-03** Amendment to amendment offered
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- **2023-04-03** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
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- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-03** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-03** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-03** Record vote
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- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-03** Record vote
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- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-12** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-04** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-15** Postponed
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- **2023-05-15** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-29** See remarks for effective date
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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/ee26f08b-3b05-4a41-9823-1be30a47d7ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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