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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan program."
+description: "Relating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 678"
+citation: "Texas SB 678 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "LOANS (S0117)", "Property Interests--Trusts (I0008)", "TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY", "TEXAS (V0094)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bell, Cecil", "Button", "Cortez", "Morales, Christina", "Neave"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54886930-250e-41bc-b63f-cda089ed67ad"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 678.xml"
+source_hash: "38bcf7095c75f8d855abc5cec33454cdbdb8d1ecdef74edf7ee0d98e471e6445"
+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 678 (87) — Relating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan 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/SB00678I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **109–37** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Cortez — primary (person)
+- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
+- Neave — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **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** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-21** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-04** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **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/54886930-250e-41bc-b63f-cda089ed67ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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