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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products permit fees."
+description: "Relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products permit fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3578"
+citation: "Texas HB 3578 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Taxation--Cigarette (I0808)", "Tobacco Products (I0818)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guerra", "Johnson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 73
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-10"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd2f17c2-8488-4ba0-801f-8059489194af"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3578.xml"
+source_hash: "9fc667e2432dfca131364d9bc2b9b70a6a370e554196c1d05b0e9f66a55cb840"
+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 3578 (87) — Relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products permit 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/HB03578I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **143–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guerra — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Record vote
+- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-12** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
+- **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 refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-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`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** 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/bd2f17c2-8488-4ba0-801f-8059489194af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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