---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fees charged by certain persons for the method used for payments made under an agreement."
description: "Relating to fees charged by certain persons for the method used for payments made under an agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 876"
citation: "Texas HB 876 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "CHECKS (S0473)", "Financial--General (I0365)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-18"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab579a2f-f7dc-4872-8fc1-5cd841f0ada8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 876.xml"
source_hash: "b345fa6597faa1b65322e604ec46222ba2999a51c80561677eb8e688cacae3e9"
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 876 (87) — Relating to fees charged by certain persons for the method used for payments made under an agreement.

## 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/HB00876I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00876E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00876H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00876S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00876F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-19** 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`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** 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/ab579a2f-f7dc-4872-8fc1-5cd841f0ada8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).