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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax, the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties, and the use of revenue from that tax."
+description: "Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax, the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties, and the use of revenue from that tax."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 696"
+citation: "Texas SB 696 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BORDER (S0045)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Gutierrez", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 70
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-22"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c98fa88-35ec-44be-8457-c0e8ed8cd2fb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 696.xml"
+source_hash: "dd212c9fa0e6cba27bb44f2e5e8a845a55e296d4b12ce72bf9cefc00fbdd52f6"
+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 696 (87) — Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax, the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties, and the use of revenue from that tax.
+
+## 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/SB00696I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00696E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00696H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00696S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00696F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **93–52** (pass) · lower
+- other — **83–57** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Gutierrez — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **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** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-03** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-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`
+- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Read
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** 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`
+- **2021-06-16** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **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/9c98fa88-35ec-44be-8457-c0e8ed8cd2fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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