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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
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description: "Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "892"
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identifier: "HB 20"
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citation: "Texas HB 20 (892)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "DISASTER SCAM RESPONSE ACT (P28M5)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "GIFTS & DONATIONS (S0122)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry", "Darby", "Louderback", "Martinez", "McQueeney", "Perry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-08-15"
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last_action: "2025-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e6d508-2e97-4484-899b-d16b18db89b5"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 20.xml"
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source_hash: "d845c1bb6b02031ef4a60c2baa4cd87fa14a8a40d9b0c1e025ff3a839d45c545"
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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 20 (892) — Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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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/892/billtext/html/HB00020I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00020E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00020H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00020S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00020F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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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 20 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **132–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry — primary (person)
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- Darby — primary (person)
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- Louderback — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- McQueeney — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Alders — cosponsor (person)
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- Allen — cosponsor (person)
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- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Button — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Canales — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
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- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Curry — cosponsor (person)
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- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
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- Howard — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
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- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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- Luther — cosponsor (person)
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- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Orr — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
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- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
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- Romero — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
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- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
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- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-08-15** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-08-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-18** Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-08-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-08-18** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-08-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-08-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-08-21** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2025-08-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-21** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-21** Record vote
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- **2025-08-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-21** Record vote
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- **2025-08-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-21** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-21** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-08-21** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-08-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-22** Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select `referral-committee`
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- **2025-09-02** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-09-02** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-09-02** Ordered not printed
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- **2025-09-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-09-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-09-02** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-09-03** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-09-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-03** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-09-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-09-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-09-03** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-09-03** Record vote
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- **2025-09-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-09-03** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-09-03** Record vote
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- **2025-09-03** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-09-03** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-09-03** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-09-03** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2025-09-03** Record vote
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- **2025-09-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-09-03** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2025-09-03** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-09-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-09-04** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-09-04** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-09-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-09-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-09-17** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `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/49e6d508-2e97-4484-899b-d16b18db89b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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