---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to taxpayers' suits."
description: "Relating to taxpayers' suits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2080"
citation: "Texas HB 2080 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "SUITS AGAINST THE STATE (S0137)", "Taxation--General (I0815)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Huffman", "Jetton", "Leman", "Meyer", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eec09afb-f100-4789-9671-94cfb850b895"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2080.xml"
source_hash: "f4f9e07af2a8d8577ec9a06f5a556336052dd75fba0a4397a4b90752ceafc218"
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 2080 (87) — Relating to taxpayers' suits.

## 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/HB02080I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02080E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02080H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02080S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02080F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower
- other — **141–5** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/eec09afb-f100-4789-9671-94cfb850b895`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).