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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prohibited suspension of laws protecting religious freedom and prohibited closure of places of worship."
+description: "Relating to the prohibited suspension of laws protecting religious freedom and prohibited closure of places of worship."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1239"
+citation: "Texas HB 1239 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Religion (I0646)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Officers (I0761)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Noble", "Paxton", "Raymond", "Sanford", "Slawson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 68
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-21"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8b5a502-cbd4-406d-93e0-c11136b122d8"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1239.xml"
+source_hash: "6a0e60ddbab3273823850f6fbf48f34b67113799f2b54b949c34c0e2ed21a2da"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1239 (87) — Relating to the prohibited suspension of laws protecting religious freedom and prohibited closure of places of worship.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01239I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01239E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01239H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01239S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01239F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **113–30** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **117–29** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **113–30** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **122–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Sanford — primary (person)
+- Slawson — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-21** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-08** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-08** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-21** Record vote
+- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-21** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8b5a502-cbd4-406d-93e0-c11136b122d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+