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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the protection of religious organizations."
+description: "Relating to the protection of religious organizations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 525"
+citation: "Texas HB 525 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Religion (I0646)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Dean", "Hall", "Harless", "Noble", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 72
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-11-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4858f6b9-53c3-4b61-b506-f94217abd4e4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 525.xml"
+source_hash: "440f255b1276f73b3f38f6d59a1523a6ed5b7aa68e65f87d18edddb6789bb1e7"
+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 525 (87) — Relating to the protection of religious organizations.
+
+## 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/HB00525I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **125–10** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **125–10** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **98–44** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Harless — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in 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** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **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
+- **2021-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **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 `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
+- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-26** 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
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** House discharges conferees
+- **2021-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-29** Record vote
+- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-29** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-29** House discharges conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** 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/4858f6b9-53c3-4b61-b506-f94217abd4e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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