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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the exclusion of certain payment processing services from the definition of \"data processing service\" for purposes of sales and use taxes."
+description: "Relating to the exclusion of certain payment processing services from the definition of \"data processing service\" for purposes of sales and use taxes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 153"
+citation: "Texas SB 153 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Frullo", "Perry", "Sanford"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-11-10"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8110623-79d5-47ae-b2b3-9109a03b015e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 153.xml"
+source_hash: "02da3eccfd1276972256d2a229b31a765b4538e15fc091d8b62cd556e83d5c5d"
+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 SB 153 (87) — Relating to the exclusion of certain payment processing services from the definition of "data processing service" for purposes of sales and use taxes.
+
+## 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/SB00153I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00153E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00153H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00153S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00153F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Frullo — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Sanford — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-02** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-21** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-05** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-18** Record vote
+- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8110623-79d5-47ae-b2b3-9109a03b015e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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