---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale of certain food by food service establishments."
description: "Relating to the sale of certain food by food service establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1276"
citation: "Texas HB 1276 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD (S0761)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PACKAGING & LABELING REQUIREMENTS (S0339)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Cain", "Geren", "Parker", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a32247b-2dd0-40af-b004-2845e7e436f0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1276.xml"
source_hash: "7ab4692c64d7a994aa21190ca6955c99c30672840ec5ceb952f2505015ea583d"
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 1276 (87) — Relating to the sale of certain food by food service establishments.

## 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/HB01276I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01276E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01276H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01276S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01276F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Geren — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/8a32247b-2dd0-40af-b004-2845e7e436f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).