What is the status of HB20?

Signed into law as of September 17, 2025. Latest action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (December 4, 2025) (September 17, 2025).

Drew Darby (R, HD-072), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB20?

On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB00020

Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session

Texas HB20: 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.

Q: What is HB20?

HB20 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 2nd Special Session): 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.

Q: What does HB20 do?

In its own words: An act 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.

Status: Signed into law, September 17, 2025

What the bill says

An act 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.

From the amended text, September 3, 2025:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: ARTICLE 1. SHORT TITLE SECTION 1.01. This Act shall be known as the Disaster Scam Response Act. ARTICLE 2. CONSUMER PROTECTION SECTION 2.01. Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter L to read as follows: [ADDED: SUBCHAPTER L. ][ADDED: ][ADDED: DESIGNATION PROGRAM FOR DISASTER RELIEF NONPROFIT ] [ADDED: ORGANIZATIONS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS] [ADDED: Sec. 418.401. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:] [ADDED: (1)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: "Designation program" means the designation ] [ADDED: program established under this subchapter.] [ADDED: (2) "Declared disaster" means:] [ADDED: (A)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: a disaster declared by the president of the ] [] [ADDED: (B)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: a state of disaster declared by the governor ] [ or] [ADDED: (C)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: a local state of disaster declared by the ] [ADDED: presiding officer of the governing body of a political subdivision ] [ADDED: under Section 418.108.] [ADDED: Sec.][ADDED: ][ADDED: 418.402.][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: DESIGNATION PROGRAM FOR DISASTER RELIEF ] [ DESIGNATION NOT REQUIRED. (a) ][ADDED: ][ADDED: The secretary of state ] [ADDED: shall …

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