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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the establishment of the Texas youth livestock show grant program."
+description: "Relating to the establishment of the Texas youth livestock show grant program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3959"
+citation: "Texas HB 3959 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Governor (I0375)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Buckley", "Cyrier", "Darby", "Guillen", "Perry"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c390c652-1904-4229-b628-1eb8fe1188fc"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3959.xml"
+source_hash: "4099bda77167115ed425df0242e49b73cb7458ed02fe1c18534c568f9dea1a44"
+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 3959 (87) — Relating to the establishment of the Texas youth livestock show grant program.
+
+## 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/HB03959I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **110–30** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailes — primary (person)
+- Buckley — primary (person)
+- Cyrier — primary (person)
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **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** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **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** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **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
+- **2021-05-24** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-08** 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/c390c652-1904-4229-b628-1eb8fe1188fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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