republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-272.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Texas HB 272 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perez, Mary Ann", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfacc858-c713-4bbf-81dd-f27b53cad7f5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 272.xml"
source_hash: "de4436efc006d18ebd34f6925a72f9c7ae51689a355dab4183d0a21902916bfc"
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 272 (89R) — Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00272I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00272E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00272H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00272S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00272F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **121–19** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 272 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **121–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perez, Mary Ann — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-25** Returned to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Rereferred to committee
- **2025-05-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfacc858-c713-4bbf-81dd-f27b53cad7f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).