---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products permit fees."
description: "Relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products permit fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3578"
citation: "Texas HB 3578 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Taxation--Cigarette (I0808)", "Tobacco Products (I0818)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guerra", "Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 73
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd2f17c2-8488-4ba0-801f-8059489194af"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3578.xml"
source_hash: "9fc667e2432dfca131364d9bc2b9b70a6a370e554196c1d05b0e9f66a55cb840"
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 3578 (87) — Relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products permit 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/HB03578I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03578F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **143–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guerra — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-26** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **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 refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-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`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/bd2f17c2-8488-4ba0-801f-8059489194af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).