---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligibility requirements to hold a political party office."
description: "Relating to eligibility requirements to hold a political party office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1987"
citation: "Texas HB 1987 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Political Parties (I0275)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 73
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb2d5f7-98d0-48db-9b19-ce7dd05eefa8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1987.xml"
source_hash: "c387e04ad19c166043d4473bb28c41ee925a8018dec8aefd11b7e1c4475d8ef3"
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 1987 (87) — Relating to eligibility requirements to hold a political party office.

## 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/HB01987I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01987E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01987H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01987S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01987F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **103–42** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **99–18** (fail) · upper
- passage — **99–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 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 refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** House discharges conferees
- **2021-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-30** House discharges conferees-reported
- **2021-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/bfb2d5f7-98d0-48db-9b19-ce7dd05eefa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).