---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes for items sold by a nonprofit organization at a county fair."
description: "Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes for items sold by a nonprofit organization at a county fair."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3799"
citation: "Texas HB 3799 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Button", "Guillen", "Metcalf", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6acb529-5fe9-470f-b569-e79772b4a11f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3799.xml"
source_hash: "aeeac6ecffc38768f86eb26d4564fc53a9b2ecf699c83fe6bfa5ce53ef562bb2"
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 3799 (87) — Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes for items sold by a nonprofit organization at a county fair.

## 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/HB03799I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03799E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03799H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03799S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03799F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (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`
- **2021-03-29** 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** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** 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`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6acb529-5fe9-470f-b569-e79772b4a11f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).