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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties to be used for transportation projects."
+description: "Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties to be used for transportation projects."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1698"
+citation: "Texas HB 1698 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Kacal", "Raney", "Schwertner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/350477c6-3478-41cf-8d9b-9ef0af14183e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1698.xml"
+source_hash: "576484b9410fa1443fd187194e3bc45a4291e0666b46ff921968c482bbe765b4"
+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 1698 (87) — Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties to be used for transportation projects.
+
+## 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/HB01698I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01698E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01698H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01698S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01698F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **94–52** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **95–48** (pass) · lower
+- other — **95–48** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Kacal — primary (person)
+- Raney — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Record vote
+- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-05** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-18** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-24** 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** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** 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`
+- **2021-06-14** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/350477c6-3478-41cf-8d9b-9ef0af14183e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+