---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored."
description: "Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1558"
citation: "Texas HB 1558 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)", "Housing--Veterans (I0409)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Button", "Johnson", "Neave"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57541608-8230-4b55-af97-b2d87806ef9d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1558.xml"
source_hash: "6dc949a0eadb6800ec94a72cb0db547d882fd666b2c8438e0a4dcec75c428e8d"
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 1558 (87) — Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored.

## 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/HB01558I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01558E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01558H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01558S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01558F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **100–44** (pass) · lower
- other — **100–44** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-25** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57541608-8230-4b55-af97-b2d87806ef9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).