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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty."
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description: "Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil 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: "HB 119"
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citation: "Texas HB 119 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Aliens (I0032)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Ethics (I0345)", "INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (S0038)", "Intergovernmental Relations (I0447)", "LOBBYISTS & LOBBYING (S3141)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Capriglione", "Gerdes", "Hughes", "Metcalf", "Troxclair"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 70
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef4b3a8-8be8-4a98-8fad-b2612d819ad3"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 119.xml"
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source_hash: "e46cd6e302a1f5d8236d7dfe4c67ec6582329d29df1b6df2c75c4b5f5f7efd03"
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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 119 (89R) — Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil 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/HB00119I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00119E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00119H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00119S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00119F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **101–36** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **134–5** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **132–8** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **101–36** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen — primary (person)
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Gerdes — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Troxclair — primary (person)
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- Barry — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Curry — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Holt — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
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- Orr — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
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- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-24** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-04-29** Record vote
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- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Record vote
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- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-05** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-05-30** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2025-05-30** House requests conference committee
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- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-30** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2025-05-30** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-30** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2025-05-30** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2025-05-31** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2025-05-31** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2025-05-31** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-01** Record vote
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-01** Record vote
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- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/9ef4b3a8-8be8-4a98-8fad-b2612d819ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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