---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to service contracts for leased or purchased motor vehicles."
description: "Relating to service contracts for leased or purchased motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "Texas HB 735 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "MOTOR VEHICLE LEASING (S0146)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Minjarez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-04"
last_action: "2021-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e129665-2ec3-403f-a737-01cfe66d8683"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 735.xml"
source_hash: "17d63aa06be4aded20a1fdba0cfa9c0a8b0ac7f2aa9dd9c73474e54b170c7893"
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 735 (87) — Relating to service contracts for leased or purchased motor vehicles.

## 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/HB00735I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00735E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00735H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00735S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00735F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-31** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-15** 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/7e129665-2ec3-403f-a737-01cfe66d8683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).