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HB 20
  • Introduced
    Aug 15, 2025
  • Passed House
    Aug 21, 2025
  • Passed Senate
    Sep 03, 2025
  • Signed into Law
HB 20
Texas House Bill
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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.
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executive • Sep 04, 2025: Sent to the Governor
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Aug 21, 2025, House
HB 20 was passed by (Record 47): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
YES: 135
NO: 0
OTHER: 1
YES: 135

NO: 0

    ABSENT: 14

    NOT VOTING: 1

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    Sep 03, 2025, House
    The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 20 prevailed by (Record 165): 129 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
    YES: 129
    NO: 0
    OTHER: 1
    YES: 129

    NO: 0

      ABSENT: 20

      NOT VOTING: 1

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      Sep 03, 2025, Senate
      HB 20 (132 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting)
      YES: 132
      NO: 0
      OTHER: 1
      YES: 132

      NO: 0

        OTHER: 1
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        Sep 03, 2025, Senate
        Senator Perry moved that 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. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 0.
        YES: 26
        NO: 0
        OTHER: 0
        YES: 26

        NO: 0

          ABSENT: 4

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          • Sep 04, 2025 | executive
            • Sent to the Governor
          • Sep 04, 2025 | Senate
            • Signed in the Senate
          • Sep 04, 2025 | House
            • Reported enrolled
            • Signed in the House
          • Sep 03, 2025 | Senate
            • House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
          • Sep 03, 2025 | House
            • Senate passage as amended reported
            • Senate Amendments distributed
            • Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
            • House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
            • Record vote RV#165
            • Text of Senate Amendment(s)
          • Sep 03, 2025 | Senate
            • Co-sponsor authorized
            • Reported favorably as substituted
            • Committee report printed and distributed
            • Rules suspended-Regular order of business
            • Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
            • Vote recorded in Journal
            • Three day rule suspended
            • Record vote
            • Read 3rd time
            • Passed
            • Record vote
          • Sep 02, 2025 | Senate
            • Co-sponsor authorized
            • Posting rule suspended
            • Ordered not printed
            • Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 09/02/2025
            • Considered in public hearing
            • Vote taken in committee
          • Aug 22, 2025 | Senate
            • Read first time
            • Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
          • Aug 21, 2025 | Senate
            • Received from the House
          • Aug 21, 2025 | House
            • Placed on Major State Calendar
            • Read 2nd time
            • Amended 1-Darby
            • Amended 2-Darby
            • Passed to engrossment as amended
            • Record vote RV#40
            • Read 3rd time
            • Passed
            • Record vote RV#47
            • Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
            • Reported engrossed
          • Aug 20, 2025 | House
            • Considered in Calendars
          • Aug 19, 2025 | House
            • Committee report sent to Calendars
          • Aug 18, 2025 | House
            • Read first time
            • Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding
            • Considered in formal meeting
            • Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
            • Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
            • Committee report distributed
          • Aug 15, 2025 | House
            • Filed
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