---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the acceptance of certain gifts and donations for the administration of elections."
description: "Relating to the acceptance of certain gifts and donations for the administration of elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2283"
citation: "Texas HB 2283 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Ethics (I0345)", "POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (S0114)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Creighton", "King, Phil", "Patterson", "Paul", "Schofield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e35511-91fd-45cb-9688-e107fc06d158"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2283.xml"
source_hash: "e567edec07096553025f2d666de066f291c9cc8c70f364e00e79bcd6875e32e0"
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 2283 (87) — Relating to the acceptance of certain gifts and donations for the administration of elections.

## 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/HB02283I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02283F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **96–50** (pass) · lower
- passage — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **89–52** (pass) · lower
- passage — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **81–61** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **96–50** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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 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`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/80e35511-91fd-45cb-9688-e107fc06d158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).