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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to contracting procedures and requirements for governmental entities."
+description: "Relating to contracting procedures and requirements for governmental entities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 799"
+citation: "Texas SB 799 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Paddie"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e39070ec-9544-4822-9787-c198e9fe8ff7"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 799.xml"
+source_hash: "d451f012a55058de2a06730e8c8d29201e9f2b2241619bbb45fb6fe07956d2ea"
+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 799 (87) — Relating to contracting procedures and requirements for governmental entities.
+
+## 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/SB00799I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00799E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00799H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00799S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00799F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–2** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-29** Meeting cancelled
+- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **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`
+- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **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
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Postponed
+- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Vote reconsidered
+- **2021-05-25** Vote reconsidered
+- **2021-05-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-29** Read
+- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-29** Record vote
+- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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** 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/e39070ec-9544-4822-9787-c198e9fe8ff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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