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House bill · 892

HB 20

Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Became lawOfficial record on TLO

Progress

33 days from first to latest action, across 55 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Aug 15

  2. Referred to committee

    Aug 18

  3. Heard in committee

    Aug 18

  4. Reported from committee

    Aug 18

  5. Passed first chamber

    Aug 21

  6. Passed second chamber

    Sep 3

  7. Sent to governor

    Sep 4

  8. Became law

    Sep 17

HouseSenateGovernorSep

Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

passage

House · Aug 21, 2025

Passed 135–0

135 Yea

0 Nay

15 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

passage

House · Aug 21, 2025

Passed 136–0

136 Yea

0 Nay

14 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 20 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

Senate · Sep 3, 2025

Passed 26–0

26 Yea

0 Nay

4 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

concur in the senate amendments to HB 20.

House · Sep 3, 2025

Passed 129–0

129 Yea

0 Nay

21 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

final passage

Senate · Sep 3, 2025

Passed 26–0

Individual votes were not recorded for this roll call.

Full history

Every action recorded by Texas Legislature Online.

  1. Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    Sep 17, 2025 · Governor

  2. Signed by the Governor

    Sep 17, 2025 · Governor

  3. Sent to the Governor

    Sep 4, 2025 · Governor

  4. Signed in the Senate

    Sep 4, 2025 · Senate

  5. Signed in the House

    Sep 4, 2025 · House

  6. Reported enrolled

    Sep 4, 2025 · House

  7. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  8. Text of Senate Amendment(s)

    Sep 3, 2025 · House

  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

    Sep 3, 2025 · House

  10. Record vote

    Sep 3, 2025 · House

  11. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

    Sep 3, 2025 · House

  12. Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

    Sep 3, 2025 · House

  13. Senate Amendments distributed

    Sep 3, 2025 · House

  14. Senate passage as amended reported

    Sep 3, 2025 · House

  15. Record vote

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  16. Passed

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  17. Read 3rd time

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  18. Record vote

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  19. Three day rule suspended

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  20. Vote recorded in Journal

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  21. Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  22. Rules suspended-Regular order of business

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  23. Committee report printed and distributed

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  24. Reported favorably as substituted Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  25. Co-sponsor authorized

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  26. Vote taken in committee

    Sep 2, 2025 · Senate

  27. Considered in public hearing Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select

    Sep 2, 2025 · Senate

  28. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

    Sep 2, 2025 · Senate

  29. Ordered not printed

    Sep 2, 2025 · Senate

  30. Posting rule suspended

    Sep 2, 2025 · Senate

  31. Co-sponsor authorized

    Sep 2, 2025 · Senate

  32. Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select

    Aug 22, 2025 · Senate

  33. Read first time

    Aug 22, 2025 · Senate

  34. Received from the House

    Aug 21, 2025 · Senate

  35. Reported engrossed

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  36. Reason for vote recorded in Journal

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  37. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  38. Record vote

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  39. Passed

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  40. Read 3rd time

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  41. Record vote

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  42. Passed to engrossment as amended

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  43. Amended

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  44. Amended

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  45. Read 2nd time

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  46. Placed on Major State Calendar

    Aug 21, 2025 · House

  47. Considered in Calendars

    Aug 20, 2025 · House

  48. Committee report sent to Calendars

    Aug 19, 2025 · House

  49. Committee report distributed

    Aug 18, 2025 · House

  50. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    Aug 18, 2025 · House

  51. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select

    Aug 18, 2025 · House

  52. Considered in formal meeting

    Aug 18, 2025 · House

  53. Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select

    Aug 18, 2025 · House

  54. Read first time

    Aug 18, 2025 · House

  55. Filed

    Aug 15, 2025 · House

Authors

and 88 coauthors or sponsors

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  • Terry Wilson cosponsorR
  • Christian Manuel cosponsorD
  • Hillary Hickland cosponsorR
  • Valoree Swanson cosponsorR
  • Shelley Luther cosponsorR
  • Sergio Muñoz cosponsorD
  • Alma Allen cosponsorD
  • Terri Leo-Wilson cosponsorR
  • Johnson cosponsor–
  • Paul Dyson cosponsorR
  • Katrina Pierson cosponsorR
  • Brad Buckley cosponsorR
  • Denise Villalobos cosponsorR
  • Helen Kerwin cosponsorR
  • Penny Morales Shaw cosponsorD
  • Pat Curry cosponsorR
  • José Menéndez cosponsorD
  • Nate Schatzline cosponsorR
  • Cody Harris cosponsorR
  • Briscoe Cain cosponsorR
  • Kevin Sparks cosponsorR
  • Bob Hall cosponsorR
  • Lois Kolkhorst cosponsorR
  • Senfronia Thompson cosponsorD
  • Johnson cosponsor–
  • Greg Bonnen cosponsorR
  • Matt Morgan cosponsorR
  • César Blanco cosponsorD
  • Joanne Shofner cosponsorR
  • Caroline Harris Davila cosponsorR
  • Candy Noble cosponsorR
  • Richard Raymond cosponsorD
  • Trey Wharton cosponsorR
  • Todd Hunter cosponsorR
  • Mihaela Pleșa cosponsorD
  • John Smithee cosponsorR
  • Erin Zwiener cosponsorD
  • Cas Garcia Hernandez cosponsorD
  • Erin Gámez cosponsorD
  • David Spiller cosponsorR
  • Ryan Guillen cosponsorR
  • Rafael Anchía cosponsorD
  • Angie Button cosponsorR
  • Gary VanDeaver cosponsorR
  • Chuy Hinojosa cosponsorD
  • Stan Kitzman cosponsorR
  • Steve Toth cosponsorR
  • Will Metcalf cosponsorR
  • Eddie Morales cosponsorD
  • Brooks Landgraf cosponsorR
  • Stan Gerdes cosponsorR
  • Donna Campbell cosponsorR
  • Marc LaHood cosponsorR
  • Giovanni Capriglione cosponsorR
  • Chris Turner cosponsorD
  • Judith Zaffirini cosponsorD
  • Janie Lopez cosponsorR
  • Ben Bumgarner cosponsorR
  • Lacey Hull cosponsorR
  • Dennis Paul cosponsorR
  • Tom Oliverson cosponsorR
  • Matt Shaheen cosponsorR
  • Shelby Slawson cosponsorR
  • Suleman Lalani cosponsorD
  • Ramon Romero cosponsorD
  • Adam Hinojosa cosponsorR
  • Donna Howard cosponsorD
  • King cosponsor–
  • Mano DeAyala cosponsorR
  • Richard Hayes cosponsorR
  • Morgan Meyer cosponsorR
  • Charles Cunningham cosponsorR
  • Cecil Bell cosponsorR
  • Terry Canales cosponsorD
  • Angelia Orr cosponsorR
  • Daniel Alders cosponsorR
  • Jay Dean cosponsorR
  • Cody Vasut cosponsorR
  • Trent Ashby cosponsorR
  • Jeff Leach cosponsorR
  • Salman Bhojani cosponsorD
  • Cook cosponsor–
  • John Lujan cosponsorR
  • Tom Craddick cosponsorR
  • Keith Bell cosponsorR
  • Sam Harless cosponsorR
  • Stan Lambert cosponsorR
  • Ron Reynolds cosponsorD

In committee

Topics

Charitable & Nonprofit OrganizationsCivil Remedies & LiabilitiesConsumer ProtectionCrimes: MiscellaneousDisaster Preparedness & ReliefElectronic Information Systems

Bill text

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