Relating to skimmers on electronic terminals; authorizing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.
SB 2371 creates new rules to combat skimmers - devices that illegally steal payment card data - on electronic terminals like point-of-sale machines and ATMs. It requires service technicians to report discovered skimmers to the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center and authorizes civil penalties for violations. The law directly affects service companies, technicians, merchants, and financial institutions that maintain or operate electronic terminals. Enforcement will be handled by the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center under Texas Business & Commerce Code Chapter 607A.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 12, 2025
Signed May 27, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up from an 'Engrossed' version to an 'Enrolled' version, removing draft annotations and page numbers while preserving the core legislative content. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's provisions regarding payment card skimmer regulations, enforcement mechanisms, or penalties.
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Removed draft annotations, page numbers, and formatting artifacts (such as '1[...]1' markers and leading dashes) that were present in the engrossed version.
Added header information identifying the document as the 'Enrolled version' with bill number 89(R) SB 2371.
Reorganized line breaks and spacing to create a clean, professional bill text format suitable for final passage and publication.
Floor votes · House May 10, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
52
Key actions
15
Committee
9
Amendments
6
May 27, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
lower
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
upper
May 14, 2025
Introduced
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
upper
May 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
House passage as amended reported
upper
May 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mary Ann Perez
DDemocratic
P
Robert Nichols
RRepublican
Co
Donna Campbell
RRepublican
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