---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of the Texas youth livestock show grant program."
description: "Relating to the establishment of the Texas youth livestock show grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3959"
citation: "Texas HB 3959 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Governor (I0375)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Buckley", "Cyrier", "Darby", "Guillen", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c390c652-1904-4229-b628-1eb8fe1188fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3959.xml"
source_hash: "4099bda77167115ed425df0242e49b73cb7458ed02fe1c18534c568f9dea1a44"
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 3959 (87) — Relating to the establishment of the Texas youth livestock show grant program.

## 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/HB03959I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03959F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **110–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailes — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **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** Co-sponsor authorized
- **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** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2021-05-24** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** 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/c390c652-1904-4229-b628-1eb8fe1188fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).