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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney or judge in a case investigated by the public integrity unit of the Texas Rangers."
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description: "Relating to the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney or judge in a case investigated by the public integrity unit of the Texas Rangers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 3531"
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citation: "Texas HB 3531 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Ethics (I0345)", "RANGERS (S0322)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Shine"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-06"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e8cac7a-5ac5-4c83-a322-40f9c0692b66"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3531.xml"
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source_hash: "fa141043f836c2254ce2a7f0817a29015596794fffe83c309beb28428305a169"
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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 3531 (86) — Relating to the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney or judge in a case investigated by the public integrity unit of the Texas Rangers.
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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://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03531I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buckingham — primary (person)
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- Shine — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-24** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-03** Record vote
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- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-24** Record vote
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- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately
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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/8e8cac7a-5ac5-4c83-a322-40f9c0692b66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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