---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fees levied by municipalities and counties for certain alcoholic beverage licenses."
description: "Relating to fees levied by municipalities and counties for certain alcoholic beverage licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3897"
citation: "Texas HB 3897 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "PERMITS (S0011)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed670e1-b8ea-46d5-a28d-8a0410b31f46"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3897.xml"
source_hash: "980aa308380793723c0afdb33aae1cff45eab718589995e1db282d4b5ac54d39"
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 3897 (87) — Relating to fees levied by municipalities and counties for certain alcoholic beverage licenses.

## 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/HB03897I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03897F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **114–31** (fail) · upper
- passage — **114–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `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
- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 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 as amended reported
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-23** 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
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** 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/fed670e1-b8ea-46d5-a28d-8a0410b31f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).