---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities for certain projects."
description: "Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities for certain projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 2181"
citation: "Texas SB 2181 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "CONVENTIONS & CONVENTION CENTERS (S0348)", "RECREATIONAL & CULTURAL FACILITIES (S0286)", "Taxation--City (I0775)", "Taxation--County (I0780)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchia", "Button", "Crockett", "Meyer", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8990ad6d-24f7-4df9-81d0-ddd14d34e01c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2181.xml"
source_hash: "22a2e5f6bcb4d3706718031342f61f552d48b961ac48f6833c14252d89d1c420"
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 SB 2181 (87) — Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities for certain projects.

## 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/SB02181I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02181E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02181H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02181S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02181F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Anchia — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Crockett — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-04-06** Permission to introduce
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **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/8990ad6d-24f7-4df9-81d0-ddd14d34e01c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).