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2025-2026 89th Legislature

HB3552

Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, destruction, or unlawful possession of copper or brass, to criminal conduct committed in, around, or in relation to critical infrastructure facilities or equipment or interrupting or impairing the operation of those facilities or equipment, and to the sale of regulated materials, including copper or brass material, to metal recycling entities and training on identifying those materials; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.

Current disposition
Introduced in House
Last status date
May 14, 2025
Last status update
Companion considered in lieu of CSSB 1646
Author
Cole Hefner
Co-sponsors
Toni RoseCharlie GerenRay LopezJared Patterson

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute April 23, 2025 House committee substitute April 30, 2025
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Instrument history

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  1. House Laid on the table subject to call
  2. House Companion considered in lieu of CSSB 1646
  3. House Placed on General State Calendar
  4. House Considered in Calendars
  5. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  6. House Committee report distributed
  7. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  8. House Reported favorably as substituted
  9. House Vote reconsidered in committee
  10. House Reported favorably as substituted
  11. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  12. House Considered in public hearing
  13. House Left pending in committee
  14. House Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  15. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  16. House Considered in public hearing
  17. House Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  18. House Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
  19. House Read first time
  20. House Filed
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1988667
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/HB3552.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00