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HB2001 • 2025

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Meyer | Anchía | King
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  7. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  8. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  9. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  10. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  11. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  13. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  15. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  17. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  18. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  20. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  21. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  24. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  27. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  28. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1840

  31. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  34. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  35. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1738

  37. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  41. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  44. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  45. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  46. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  47. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Point of order sustained. Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1)

  48. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Returned to committee

  49. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  50. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  51. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  52. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  53. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  55. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  56. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  58. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  59. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  60. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  61. 2025-01-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2001 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2001

AN ACT

relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of

official information, including misuse of official information

that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 39.06, Penal Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (g) to read as

follows:

(e) Except as provided by Subsection
(g)
[
(f)
], an offense

under this section is a felony of the third degree.

(g)

If the commission of an offense under this section

results in a net pecuniary gain to the person committing the

offense, the offense is:

(1)

a felony of the third degree if the net pecuniary

gain is less than $150,000;

(2)

a felony of the second degree if the net pecuniary

gain is $150,000 or more but less than $300,000; or

(3)

a felony of the first degree if the net pecuniary

gain is $300,000 or more.

SECTION 2. Section 39.06(f), Penal Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2001 was passed by the House on May 8,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2001 was passed by the Senate on May

23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor