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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to the procurement of goods and services for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services."
+description: "Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to the procurement of goods and services for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 2791"
+citation: "Texas HB 2791 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Purchasing--State (I0643)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Button", "Harris Davila", "Longoria", "Lopez, Janie", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a0d5c21-0563-4723-806e-b079df8990b1"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2791.xml"
+source_hash: "6a04e70721efae8c18c6ee534c3faf4c0c91d8cb67e06241232e41ca93a904c9"
+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 2791 (89R) — Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to the procurement of goods and services for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02791I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **125–19** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **132–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Harris Davila — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
+- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-19** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-10** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-28** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-04-28** Record vote
+- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** Record vote
+- **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-01** Referred to Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a0d5c21-0563-4723-806e-b079df8990b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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