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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties."
+description: "Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3453"
+citation: "Texas HB 3453 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Government--Finance (I0097)", "FORT BEND COUNTY (G0062)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jetton", "Miles"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-03"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca2e642-8137-4039-accf-2fe1e4187f76"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3453.xml"
+source_hash: "df5aa650b39189d9242036f8050fd25474597b2e03295e6c84e45e98fd3c08e1"
+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 HB 3453 (88) — Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB03453I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03453E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03453H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03453S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03453F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **116–26** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **103–42** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **116–26** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jetton — primary (person)
+- Miles — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** Record vote
+- **2023-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca2e642-8137-4039-accf-2fe1e4187f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+