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HB 20 TX
Became Law

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.

TX · session 892 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Aug 15, 2025

Latest action (Sep 17, 2025) Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sponsors (6)
88 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (55)
  1. Aug 15, 2025 Filed · lower
  2. Aug 18, 2025 Read first time · lower
  3. Aug 18, 2025 Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding · lower
  4. Aug 18, 2025 Considered in formal meeting · lower
  5. Aug 18, 2025 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · lower
  6. Aug 18, 2025 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · lower
  7. Aug 18, 2025 Committee report distributed · lower
  8. Aug 19, 2025 Committee report sent to Calendars · lower
  9. Aug 20, 2025 Considered in Calendars · lower
  10. Aug 21, 2025 Placed on Major State Calendar · lower
  11. Aug 21, 2025 Read 2nd time · lower
  12. Aug 21, 2025 Amended · lower
  13. Aug 21, 2025 Amended · lower
  14. Aug 21, 2025 Passed to engrossment as amended · lower
  15. Aug 21, 2025 Record vote · lower
  16. Aug 21, 2025 Read 3rd time · lower
  17. Aug 21, 2025 Passed · lower
  18. Aug 21, 2025 Record vote · lower
  19. Aug 21, 2025 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  20. Aug 21, 2025 Reason for vote recorded in Journal · lower
  21. Aug 21, 2025 Reported engrossed · lower
  22. Aug 21, 2025 Received from the House · upper
  23. Aug 22, 2025 Read first time · upper
  24. Aug 22, 2025 Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select · upper
  25. Sep 2, 2025 Co-sponsor authorized · upper
  26. Sep 2, 2025 Posting rule suspended · upper
  27. Sep 2, 2025 Ordered not printed · upper
  28. Sep 2, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · upper
  29. Sep 2, 2025 Considered in public hearing · upper
  30. Sep 2, 2025 Vote taken in committee · upper
  31. Sep 3, 2025 Co-sponsor authorized · upper
  32. Sep 3, 2025 Reported favorably as substituted · upper
  33. Sep 3, 2025 Committee report printed and distributed · upper
  34. Sep 3, 2025 Rules suspended-Regular order of business · upper
  35. Sep 3, 2025 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading · upper
  36. Sep 3, 2025 Vote recorded in Journal · upper
  37. Sep 3, 2025 Three day rule suspended · upper
  38. Sep 3, 2025 Record vote · upper
  39. Sep 3, 2025 Read 3rd time · upper
  40. Sep 3, 2025 Passed · upper
  41. Sep 3, 2025 Record vote · upper
  42. Sep 3, 2025 Senate passage as amended reported · lower
  43. Sep 3, 2025 Senate Amendments distributed · lower
  44. Sep 3, 2025 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed · lower
  45. Sep 3, 2025 House concurs in Senate amendment(s) · lower
  46. Sep 3, 2025 Record vote · lower
  47. Sep 3, 2025 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  48. Sep 3, 2025 Text of Senate Amendment(s) · lower
  49. Sep 3, 2025 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported · upper
  50. Sep 4, 2025 Reported enrolled · lower
  51. Sep 4, 2025 Signed in the House · lower
  52. Sep 4, 2025 Signed in the Senate · upper
  53. Sep 4, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
  54. Sep 17, 2025 Signed by the Governor · executive
  55. Sep 17, 2025 Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · executive
Subjects
ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)Consumer Protection (I0080)Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)DISASTER SCAM RESPONSE ACT (P28M5)Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)Electronic Information Systems (I0311)FRAUD (S0166)GIFTS & DONATIONS (S0122)SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)

Text versions (10)

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  • Introduced · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • House Committee Report · HTML
  • House Committee Report · PDF
  • Engrossed · HTML
  • Engrossed · PDF
  • Senate Committee Report · HTML
  • Senate Committee Report · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Enrolled · PDF

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