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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to disclosure by the comptroller to the purchaser of a business of the amount of tax due."
+description: "Relating to disclosure by the comptroller to the purchaser of a business of the amount of tax due."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 873"
+citation: "Texas SB 873 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "Taxation--State (I0790)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Hancock"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-01"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e55aca72-369c-4216-be9d-0ae6e0bec3f5"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 873.xml"
+source_hash: "4394afad0287aecc5f56131f794e5e198656dd9056b8e1501555f15d7a10e289"
+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 873 (87) — Relating to disclosure by the comptroller to the purchaser of a business of the amount of tax due.
+
+## 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/SB00873I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00873E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00873H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00873S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00873F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-03-29** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-29** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-03-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-03-30** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-03-30** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-03-30** Record vote
+- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-30** Record vote
+- **2021-03-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-03-31** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-06** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** 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/e55aca72-369c-4216-be9d-0ae6e0bec3f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+