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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil penalties imposed for violations of the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983."
description: "Relating to civil penalties imposed for violations of the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5232"
citation: "Texas HB 5232 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32b01a52-cdb5-4304-9dca-ddd0285bee72"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05200_HB05299/HB 5232.xml"
source_hash: "97d40abf7af115d849367f97b0f7719ea7d482a686d976de162a6bfcc14e413b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---
# Texas HB 5232 (88) — Relating to civil penalties imposed for violations of the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05232I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05232E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05232H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05232S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05232F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1391** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1462** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-17** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-17** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32b01a52-cdb5-4304-9dca-ddd0285bee72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).