2026 Regular Session Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted. AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A PERSON WHO HAS RECEIVED PAYMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LEASE TO PAY UTILITY SERVICES FROM KNOWINGLY FAILING TO PAY OR USING AN AGENT OR EMPLOYEE TO USE ANY DECEPTION TO NOT PAY THE AMOUNT OWED TO THE UTILITY SERVICE; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 04/17/2026 at 12:18 H B 1404 House Bill 1404 HB 1404 H Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority Passage Judiciary A F ../../House_cmtes/JA.xml Judiciary, Division B F ../../Senate_cmtes/JB.xml Yates ../../House_authors/Yates.xml Mansell ../../House_authors/Mansell.xml Felsher ../../House_authors/Felsher.xml 1 01/16 (H) Referred To Judiciary A 2 01/29 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/05 (H) Amended 4 02/05 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/house/0310046.pdf 5 02/05 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Porter, Hood, Yates) 6 02/11 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 7 02/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate 8 02/18 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B 9 02/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 10 03/09 (S) Amended 11 03/09 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/senate/0630005.pdf 12 03/10 (S) Returned For Concurrence 13 03/18 (H) Concurred in Amend From Senate ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/house/0720002.pdf 14 03/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 15 03/20 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 16 03/25 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1404SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404SG.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1404IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404IN.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1404PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/dt/HB/1400-1499/HB1404PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404PS.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1404SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404SG.htm Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1404 ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1404.pdf ../../../../../documents/2026/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1404.htm Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1404_H_Amend_01.htm ../../../../../documents/2026/html/ham/HB1404_H_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Committee Amendment No 1 Replaced by Substitute ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1404_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/dt/sam/HB1404_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2026/html/sam/HB1404_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1404_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2026/html/sam/HB1404_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1404.pdf