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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator."
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description: "Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 1400"
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citation: "Texas HB 1400 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS & PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (S1276)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Dominguez", "Pacheco", "Swanson", "Tinderholt"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-01-27"
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last_action: "2021-06-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f99cfe00-05a5-4def-81d6-b2ed2ba319eb"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1400.xml"
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source_hash: "f9b551e2368023fb1ea5830c7f636a3aaa0339a9ebec16efb6092ab2a69b2a5c"
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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 1400 (87) — Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.
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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/87R/billtext/html/HB01400I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01400F.HTM)
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Dominguez — primary (person)
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- Pacheco — primary (person)
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- Swanson — primary (person)
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- Tinderholt — primary (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-05** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-04-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2021-05-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2021-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-14** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-14** Record vote
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- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-17** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
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- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
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- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `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/f99cfe00-05a5-4def-81d6-b2ed2ba319eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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