---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of colonia self-help centers in certain counties and to the representation of those counties on the Colonia Resident Advisory Committee."
description: "Relating to the establishment by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of colonia self-help centers in certain counties and to the representation of those counties on the Colonia Resident Advisory Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2893"
citation: "Texas HB 2893 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLONIAS (S8735)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "NUECES COUNTY (G0531)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herrero", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/109c3cfa-5696-4d71-bc7d-c40815c7e039"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2893.xml"
source_hash: "8daf5c62e571fd876ed8586891b5dcbfa87d45377fc39564b0b7c61c3a8062e7"
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 2893 (87) — Relating to the establishment by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of colonia self-help centers in certain counties and to the representation of those counties on the Colonia Resident Advisory Committee.

## 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/HB02893I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02893E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02893H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02893S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02893F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **94–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-19** 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** Passed to engrossment
- **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** Passed `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`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage 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/109c3cfa-5696-4d71-bc7d-c40815c7e039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).