TX HB 4996

• Crimes--Against Property (I0175)
• FRAUD (S0166)
• Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)
• Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)

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• Lujanprimary
• Floresprimary

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1. 2025-03-13

   Filed

   filing

2. 2025-04-03

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

3. 2025-04-03

   Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

   referral-committee

4. 2025-04-23

   Considered in public hearing

5. 2025-04-23

   Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

6. 2025-04-23

   Left pending in committee

7. 2025-04-25

   Considered in formal meeting

8. 2025-04-25

   Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

   referral-committee

9. 2025-04-25

   Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

   committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

10. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

11. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

12. 2025-04-30

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

13. 2025-05-05

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

14. 2025-05-07

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

15. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

16. 2025-05-07

    Passed to engrossment

17. 2025-05-07

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

18. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

19. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

20. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

21. 2025-05-07

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

22. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

23. 2025-05-08

    Received from the House

    introduction

24. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

25. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

26. 2025-05-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

27. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

28. 2025-05-20

    Vote taken in committee

29. 2025-05-21

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

30. 2025-05-21

    Committee report printed and distributed

31. 2025-05-23

    Placed on intent calendar

32. 2025-05-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

33. 2025-05-23

    Vote recorded in Journal

34. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

35. 2025-05-23

    Vote recorded in Journal

36. 2025-05-23

    Three day rule suspended

37. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

38. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

39. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

40. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

41. 2025-05-24

    Senate passage reported

    passage

42. 2025-05-24

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

43. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the House

    passage

44. 2025-05-25

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

45. 2025-05-26

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

46. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

47. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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  2025-05-07 · pass · 144-4

  Member-level votes (4)

  • Cunningham: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hefner: no
  • Patterson: no

• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4996 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-05-23 · pass · 30-1

  Member-level votes (1)

  • Hagenbuch: no

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