---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use rules; changing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use rules; changing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Texas HB 72 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Parks & Wildlife--Parks (I0555)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "Safety--Fireworks (I0741)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jetton", "Miles", "Reynolds", "Stephenson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49b60991-3abb-464f-8c89-b819c0bb05c6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 72.xml"
source_hash: "d185ec4c970463b8df3dfd65093dcd06582b6ad14d711439669aa03d2082dce9"
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 72 (87) — Relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use rules; changing a criminal penalty.

## 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/HB00072I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00072E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00072H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00072S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00072F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **104–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jetton — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 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
- **2021-05-29** 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`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** 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/49b60991-3abb-464f-8c89-b819c0bb05c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).