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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the application of a municipal building code to the construction of a solar pergola."
+description: "Relating to the application of a municipal building code to the construction of a solar pergola."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3526"
+citation: "Texas HB 3526 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Energy--Solar (I0316)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Raymond", "Springer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-06"
+last_action: "2023-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c30e280-d9ce-4f7c-acb8-8167358d6af5"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3526.xml"
+source_hash: "f443eaa17a2538ec1939e3cd473a77c2a1522dad232ade2b1ae2c8c828c11376"
+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 3526 (88) — Relating to the application of a municipal building code to the construction of a solar pergola.
+
+## 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/HB03526I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **132–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Record vote
+- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-01** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-15** Record vote
+- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-15** Record vote
+- **2023-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-15** Record vote
+- **2023-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-15** Record vote
+- **2023-05-15** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-02** 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/0c30e280-d9ce-4f7c-acb8-8167358d6af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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