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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to fees levied by municipalities and counties for certain alcoholic beverage licenses."
+description: "Relating to fees levied by municipalities and counties for certain alcoholic beverage licenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3897"
+citation: "Texas HB 3897 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "PERMITS (S0011)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed670e1-b8ea-46d5-a28d-8a0410b31f46"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3897.xml"
+source_hash: "980aa308380793723c0afdb33aae1cff45eab718589995e1db282d4b5ac54d39"
+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 3897 (87) — Relating to fees levied by municipalities and counties for certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
+
+## 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/HB03897I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **114–31** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **114–31** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `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
+- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-23** 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
+- **2021-05-29** 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`
+- **2021-06-16** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/fed670e1-b8ea-46d5-a28d-8a0410b31f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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