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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 criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty. Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R SB 1646 Texas SB 1646 (89R)
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Crimes--Against Property (I0175)
Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION (V8707)
PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)
RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)
SECONDHAND METAL (S0255)
STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)
Utilities--General (I0830)
Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)
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Geren
Hefner
King
Lopez, Ray
Patterson
Rose
5 59 6 2025-02-26 2025-05-30 openstates ocd-bill/e0ad9ccc-f1ba-44a1-9208-30dc6b20e1e1 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1646.xml 84369f846fa5013da24db3c5fb771db68cdc13d9a0989508c30f9fce915a6fc4 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Texas SB 1646 (89R) — Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative 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

  • passage to engrossment — 00 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 00 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1381 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1370 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 292 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1646 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 292 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Geren — primary (person)
  • Hefner — primary (person)
  • King — primary (person)
  • Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
  • Patterson — primary (person)
  • Rose — primary (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)
  • Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-26 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2025-02-26 Filed filing
  • 2025-03-11 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-03-11 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-03-12 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-03-19 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-04-08 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-04-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-08 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2025-04-08 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-04-10 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-10 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2025-04-10 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-04-14 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2025-04-16 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-04-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2025-04-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-04-16 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-04-16 Three day rule suspended
  • 2025-04-16 Record vote
  • 2025-04-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-04-16 Passed passage
  • 2025-04-16 Record vote
  • 2025-04-16 Reported engrossed
  • 2025-04-17 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2025-04-22 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-04-22 Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs referral-committee
  • 2025-05-09 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2025-05-09 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2025-05-09 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-14 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2025-05-14 Committee report distributed
  • 2025-05-14 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-14 Laid out in lieu of companion
  • 2025-05-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-14 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-14 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
  • 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 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-20 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2025-05-20 Read
  • 2025-05-20 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2025-05-20 Record vote
  • 2025-05-20 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-05-21 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2025-05-21 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-21 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-05-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-30 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-30 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0ad9ccc-f1ba-44a1-9208-30dc6b20e1e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).