---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Department of Public Safety for certain persons."
description: "Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Department of Public Safety for certain persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2343"
citation: "Texas HB 2343 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "FOOD (S0761)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Morales, Eddie", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5c55f9b-2bf8-4516-9dea-cde0e3eb33b9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2343.xml"
source_hash: "a137f95770fdf75280db9259ea7f43843ab2987ea383f1936a0a6d5e7e2d4227"
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 2343 (87) — Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Department of Public Safety for certain persons.

## 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/HB02343I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02343E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02343H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02343S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02343F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — 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 Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **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
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/f5c55f9b-2bf8-4516-9dea-cde0e3eb33b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).