TX HB 20

enacted

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.

Texas · 892 · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 20 pass?

Yes. TX HB 20 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX HB 20 about?

TX HB 20 is a bill in the 892 titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 20?

Perry, Barry, Martinez and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 20, joined by 87 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-18
Latest action: 2025-09-17 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-09-17
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
became-law
2025-09-17
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-09-04
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-09-04
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-09-04
Signed in the House
passage
2025-09-04
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-09-03
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
2025-09-03
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
2025-09-03
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-03
Record vote
2025-09-03
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
2025-09-03
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-09-03
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-09-03
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-09-03
Record vote
2025-09-03
Passed
passage
2025-09-03
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-09-03
Record vote
2025-09-03
Three day rule suspended
2025-09-03
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-03
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-09-03
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-09-03
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-09-03
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-03
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-09-02
Vote taken in committee
2025-09-02
Considered in public hearing
2025-09-02
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-09-02
Ordered not printed
2025-09-02
Posting rule suspended
2025-09-02
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-08-22
Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
referral-committee
2025-08-22
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-21
Received from the House
introduction
2025-08-21
Reported engrossed
2025-08-21
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-21
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-21
Record vote
2025-08-21
Passed
passage
2025-08-21
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-21
Record vote
2025-08-21
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-21
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-21
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-21
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-21
Placed on Major State Calendar
2025-08-20
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-19
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-18
Committee report distributed
2025-08-18
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-18
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-18
Considered in formal meeting
2025-08-18
Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding
referral-committee
2025-08-18
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-15
Filed
filing

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-21 · pass · 135-0
Member-level votes (161)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Campos: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Perez: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Davis, A.: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Morales, E.: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Simmon: absent
passage
2025-09-03 · pass · 129-0
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Anchía: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Dean: absent
- Garcia, L.: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Fischer: absent
- Morales, E.: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Martinez: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
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.
2025-09-03 · pass · 26-0
Member-level votes (4)
- Birdwell: absent
- Eckhardt: absent
- Gutierrez: absent
- West: absent

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