---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing loan programs to assist certain micro-businesses by increasing access to capital; authorizing fees."
description: "Relating to establishing loan programs to assist certain micro-businesses by increasing access to capital; authorizing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3271"
citation: "Texas HB 3271 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK", "TEXAS (V0452)", "LOANS (S0117)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Button", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Ordaz Perez", "Paddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed02cfd-d154-4367-be30-6086fc1631a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3271.xml"
source_hash: "6763877e3a73fc7ec83020173c6502379f8d0ecc713d8171c78732c7e6502cb9"
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 3271 (87) — Relating to establishing loan programs to assist certain micro-businesses by increasing access to capital; authorizing fees.

## 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/HB03271I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03271F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **97–43** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **133–14** (pass) · lower
- passage — **101–44** (pass) · lower
- other — **101–44** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Ordaz Perez — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `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
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Postponed
- **2021-04-27** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **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** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/8ed02cfd-d154-4367-be30-6086fc1631a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).