---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service."
description: "Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 80"
citation: "Texas HB 80 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY SERVICE (S2345)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "Family--Juvenile Delinquency (I0360)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Meza", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d142bf14-9119-4683-965b-c5ccd48f6526"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 80.xml"
source_hash: "2f443b2ff639879c1dce130b2503a5d6f0e365683e8bee5f6a1b2916606fdbe0"
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 80 (87) — Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.

## 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/HB00080I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00080E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00080H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00080S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00080F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collier — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Meza — primary (person)
- Whitmire — 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 Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **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/d142bf14-9119-4683-965b-c5ccd48f6526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).