---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the municipal fees charged to certain air conditioning and refrigeration contractors."
description: "Relating to the municipal fees charged to certain air conditioning and refrigeration contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 871"
citation: "Texas HB 871 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS (S0896)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "REFRIGERANTS & REFRIGERATION (S0123)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gates", "Guillen", "Kolkhorst", "Morrison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-17"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8797a6d6-644a-42c9-a468-4cf649ee4ff3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 871.xml"
source_hash: "496d9f92ea7ba54b5ee56fe91787e2d839e7dbf4eb730b6015b2c593c852fc0e"
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 871 (87) — Relating to the municipal fees charged to certain air conditioning and refrigeration contractors.

## 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/HB00871I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00871E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00871H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00871S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00871F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gates — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/8797a6d6-644a-42c9-a468-4cf649ee4ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).