---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligible costs and expenses for purposes of the franchise tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures."
description: "Relating to eligible costs and expenses for purposes of the franchise tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3777"
citation: "Texas HB 3777 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "Taxation--Franchise (I0807)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5adf30a9-5dda-41ee-af1d-a930dabfc5ee"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3777.xml"
source_hash: "247a17477a12f60f2460be80896ae69384dfe78f9f2895ce45d8ac26fcffca99"
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 3777 (87) — Relating to eligible costs and expenses for purposes of the franchise tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures.

## 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/HB03777I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03777E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03777H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03777S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03777F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **88–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-12** 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`
- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective on 1/1/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5adf30a9-5dda-41ee-af1d-a930dabfc5ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).