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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses."
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description: "Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses."
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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: "SB 16"
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citation: "Texas SB 16 (892)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Anchía", "Ashby", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Cain", "Campbell", "Creighton", "DeAyala", "Dyson", "Eckhardt", "Flores", "Gutierrez", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Johnson", "King", "Menéndez", "Middleton", "Miles", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "West"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 59
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vote_count: 4
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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/c18980e2-ef6c-4279-b06e-e6bf6302f8eb"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 16.xml"
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source_hash: "621f0cfa4308044cb83709fc85edb39b49bfac469f8993c05cd00ccfac3a7ac3"
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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 16 (892) — Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those 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/892/billtext/html/SB00016I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00016E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00016H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00016S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00016F.HTM)
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## Votes
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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 SB 16 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **27–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Anchía — primary (person)
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- Ashby — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Blanco — primary (person)
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- Cain — primary (person)
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- DeAyala — primary (person)
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- Dyson — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — primary (person)
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Gutierrez — primary (person)
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- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
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- Hall — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Menéndez — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Miles — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Sparks — primary (person)
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- West — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — 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** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-08-15** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-08-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-15** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-15** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-08-15** Record vote
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- **2025-08-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-08-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-15** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-08-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-08-18** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-08-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-08-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-18** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-08-18** Record vote
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- **2025-08-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-18** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-18** Record vote
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- **2025-08-18** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-08-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-08-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-20** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-21** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
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- **2025-08-21** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-08-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-08-22** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-08-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-08-24** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-08-24** Corrected comm. report distributed
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- **2025-08-25** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-08-25** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-08-26** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-08-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** Rules suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
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- **2025-08-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-08-27** Read
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- **2025-08-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-08-27** Record vote
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- **2025-08-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-08-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** 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** 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/c18980e2-ef6c-4279-b06e-e6bf6302f8eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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