Texas House Bill 3552

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 28 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-05-14 - Laid on the table subject to call
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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.

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.

Rep. Cole Hefner [R]	Rep. Toni Rose [D]	Rep. Charlie Geren [R]	Rep. Ray Lopez [D]
Rep. Jared Patterson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-14	House	Laid on the table subject to call
2025-05-14	House	Companion considered in lieu of CSSB 1646
2025-05-11	House	Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-09	House	Considered in Calendars
2025-05-08	House	Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-08	House	Committee report distributed
2025-05-08	House	Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-30	House	Reported favorably as substituted
2025-04-30	House	Vote reconsidered in committee
2025-04-30	House	Reported favorably as substituted
2025-04-30	House	Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-04-30	House	Considered in public hearing
2025-04-23	House	Left pending in committee
2025-04-23	House	Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-23	House	Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-04-23	House	Considered in public hearing
2025-04-23	House	Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-25	House	Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
2025-03-25	House	Read first time
2025-02-28	House	Filed

SB1646 (Same As) 2025-05-30 - Effective immediately
SB1646 (Same As) 2025-05-30 - Effective immediately

Type	Source
Summary	https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB3552
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03552I.htm
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03552H.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/fiscalnotes/html/HB03552I.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/fiscalnotes/html/HB03552H.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/analysis/html/HB03552H.htm