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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 measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty. Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R HB 127 Texas HB 127 (89R)
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AUDITOR
STATE (V4364)
AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)
Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)
Education--Higher--General (I0231)
Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
Ethics (I0345)
GIFTS & DONATIONS (S0122)
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
TEXAS (V4280)
HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH SECURITY COUNCIL (V20ZM)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (S0038)
Intergovernmental Relations (I0447)
RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (S0135)
State Agencies
Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (U0030)
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (U0214)
TRAVEL (S0220)
enacted
Hefner
Howard
Hughes
Lambert
Shaheen
Wilson
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Texas HB 127 (89R) — Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty.

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

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 127 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 292 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1304 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1318 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1304 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 9927 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hefner — primary (person)
  • Howard — primary (person)
  • Hughes — primary (person)
  • Lambert — primary (person)
  • Shaheen — primary (person)
  • Wilson — primary (person)
  • Barry — cosponsor (person)
  • Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
  • Buckley — cosponsor (person)
  • Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
  • Button — cosponsor (person)
  • Campbell — cosponsor (person)
  • Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
  • Cook — cosponsor (person)
  • Curry — cosponsor (person)
  • DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
  • Dyson — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
  • Harless — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
  • Holt — cosponsor (person)
  • Hunter — cosponsor (person)
  • Isaac — cosponsor (person)
  • Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • LaHood — cosponsor (person)
  • Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
  • Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
  • Lowe — cosponsor (person)
  • McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
  • Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
  • Middleton — cosponsor (person)
  • Orr — cosponsor (person)
  • Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Patterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Paxton — cosponsor (person)
  • Pierson — cosponsor (person)
  • Tepper — cosponsor (person)
  • Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
  • Villalobos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-13 Filed filing
  • 2025-03-14 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-03-14 Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs referral-committee
  • 2025-04-02 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-02 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2025-04-02 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2025-04-02 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-04-30 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-30 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2025-04-30 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-07 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2025-05-07 Committee report distributed
  • 2025-05-07 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-09 Considered in Calendars
  • 2025-05-11 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2025-05-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-14 Passed to engrossment
  • 2025-05-14 Record vote
  • 2025-05-14 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-15 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-15 Record vote
  • 2025-05-15 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-15 Reported engrossed
  • 2025-05-15 Received from the House introduction
  • 2025-05-16 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-05-16 Referred to Education K-16 referral-committee
  • 2025-05-23 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-05-23 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-05-26 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2025-05-27 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-27 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-05-28 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2025-05-28 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2025-05-29 Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
  • 2025-05-29 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-05-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-29 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2025-05-29 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-29 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-29 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-29 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-29 Three day rule suspended
  • 2025-05-29 Record vote
  • 2025-05-29 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-29 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-29 Record vote
  • 2025-05-29 Senate passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-29 Senate Amendments distributed
  • 2025-05-29 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  • 2025-05-30 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  • 2025-05-30 Record vote
  • 2025-05-30 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-30 Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  • 2025-05-30 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  • 2025-05-31 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-06-01 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-06-01 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-06-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-06-20 Effective on 9/1/25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/012eef30-90ac-4cc8-99b7-ad98eea21c2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).