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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans during an initial period of operation in the state."
+description: "Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans during an initial period of operation in the state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 938"
+citation: "Texas SB 938 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "Taxation--Franchise (I0807)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Gutierrez", "Hall", "Holland", "Powell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-02"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f003b40-543f-4298-8708-fd381dcd068c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 938.xml"
+source_hash: "19c5f021afc1560552ae6a70596803dbf4b45c3fa139056a8332ad873b7e9880"
+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 938 (87) — Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans during an initial period of operation in the state.
+
+## 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/SB00938I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00938E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00938H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00938S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00938F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **104–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Gutierrez — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Holland — primary (person)
+- Powell — primary (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-02** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-13** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-13** Record vote
+- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-13** Record vote
+- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-16** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-13** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **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** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f003b40-543f-4298-8708-fd381dcd068c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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