---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and modernization projects for state agency information resources."
description: "Relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and modernization projects for state agency information resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4018"
citation: "Texas HB 4018 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Legislature (I0520)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Frank", "Guillen", "Morales, Eddie", "Nelson", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a79e1638-efc6-4d8d-9378-7cf0614655e4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4018.xml"
source_hash: "c9c0393a79bd22fa72cc85bb9885ae7af0eec4704f6f7e22c736fe3ec2c259a7"
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 4018 (87) — Relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and modernization projects for state agency information resources.

## 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/HB04018I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04018E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04018H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04018S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04018F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **120–22** (pass) · lower
- other — **117–26** (fail) · upper
- passage — **117–26** (pass) · lower
- passage — **125–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Powell — 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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Postponed
- **2021-05-10** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Statement(s) of 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** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** 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
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **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 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
- **2021-05-30** 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`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/a79e1638-efc6-4d8d-9378-7cf0614655e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).