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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the acceptance of certain gifts and donations for the administration of elections."
+description: "Relating to the acceptance of certain gifts and donations for the administration of elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2283"
+citation: "Texas HB 2283 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Ethics (I0345)", "POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (S0114)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Creighton", "King, Phil", "Patterson", "Paul", "Schofield"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2021-02-25"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e35511-91fd-45cb-9688-e107fc06d158"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2283.xml"
+source_hash: "e567edec07096553025f2d666de066f291c9cc8c70f364e00e79bcd6875e32e0"
+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 2283 (87) — Relating to the acceptance of certain gifts and donations for the administration of elections.
+
+## 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/HB02283I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **96–50** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **17–13** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **89–52** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **17–13** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **81–61** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **96–50** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Paul — primary (person)
+- Schofield — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **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`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** 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/80e35511-91fd-45cb-9688-e107fc06d158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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