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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the expansion of broadband services to certain areas."
+description: "Relating to the expansion of broadband services to certain areas."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 5"
+citation: "Texas HB 5 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (V62YT)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "GOVERNOR'S BROADBAND COUNCIL (V1190)", "Governor (I0375)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ashby", "Canales", "Nichols", "Paddie", "Price"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 100
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-25"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dd37110-b804-4cd5-84d9-7907db6c107f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 5.xml"
+source_hash: "b47f5802268f35c7c17c75740ea896b35c3805dc7ff80806245b95699abf8a5f"
+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 5 (87) — Relating to the expansion of broadband services to certain areas.
+
+## 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/HB00005I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00005E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00005H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00005S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00005F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **150–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **133–13** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Walle — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-08** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-08** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-28** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-04-28** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-04-29** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-03** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-03** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-03** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-03** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-03** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-03** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-06** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-06** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-06** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-06** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-28** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** 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`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** 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/5dd37110-b804-4cd5-84d9-7907db6c107f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+