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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to establishing loan programs to assist certain micro-businesses by increasing access to capital; authorizing fees."
+description: "Relating to establishing loan programs to assist certain micro-businesses by increasing access to capital; authorizing fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3271"
+citation: "Texas HB 3271 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK", "TEXAS (V0452)", "LOANS (S0117)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Button", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Ordaz Perez", "Paddie"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 65
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed02cfd-d154-4367-be30-6086fc1631a3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3271.xml"
+source_hash: "6763877e3a73fc7ec83020173c6502379f8d0ecc713d8171c78732c7e6502cb9"
+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 3271 (87) — Relating to establishing loan programs to assist certain micro-businesses by increasing access to capital; authorizing fees.
+
+## 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/HB03271I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **23–6** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **97–43** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **133–14** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **101–44** (pass) · lower
+- other — **101–44** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
+- Ordaz Perez — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
+- Larson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-19** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-27** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-27** Postponed
+- **2021-04-27** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **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** 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
+- **2021-05-26** 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** 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
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** 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/8ed02cfd-d154-4367-be30-6086fc1631a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+