---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the posting of certain project information at a commercial building construction site."
description: "Relating to the posting of certain project information at a commercial building construction site."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Texas SB 291 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "SIGNS (S0235)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bbe95fd-b1e1-482d-a535-b48e65dd16d3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 291.xml"
source_hash: "e3864ec5bf5dfffea67d720df211bb5c7b7a83f48f27403d0c2f56498952c5f4"
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 291 (87) — Relating to the posting of certain project information at a commercial building construction site.

## 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/SB00291I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00291E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00291H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00291S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00291F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **89–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-30** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-03-31** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-31** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-27** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/6bbe95fd-b1e1-482d-a535-b48e65dd16d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).