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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably retired or medically discharged peace officers."
+description: "Relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably retired or medically discharged peace officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 315"
+citation: "Texas HB 315 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hughes", "VanDeaver"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-11-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b088ce3a-fc0b-4c00-a0f3-03e61459dd50"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 315.xml"
+source_hash: "9470585c37022bfc90f3adde404709a44ccefba1cce1dd3545bbe158be641898"
+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 315 (87) — Relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably retired or medically discharged peace officers.
+
+## 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/HB00315I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- VanDeaver — primary (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-11** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-12** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-17** Record vote
+- **2021-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-17** Record vote
+- **2021-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-04** 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/b088ce3a-fc0b-4c00-a0f3-03e61459dd50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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