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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 1646"
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citation: "Texas SB 1646 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Hefner", "King", "Lopez, Ray", "Patterson", "Rose"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 59
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0ad9ccc-f1ba-44a1-9208-30dc6b20e1e1"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1646.xml"
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source_hash: "84369f846fa5013da24db3c5fb771db68cdc13d9a0989508c30f9fce915a6fc4"
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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 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.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB01646I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01646E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01646H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01646S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01646F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage to engrossment — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **29–2** (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 1646 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **29–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Geren — primary (person)
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- Hefner — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-26** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-14** Record vote
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- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Record vote
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- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-15** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-20** Read
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- **2025-05-20** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-30** Effective immediately `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/e0ad9ccc-f1ba-44a1-9208-30dc6b20e1e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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