---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to provisions in agreements between governmental entities and professional sports teams requiring the United States national anthem to be played at team events."
description: "Relating to provisions in agreements between governmental entities and professional sports teams requiring the United States national anthem to be played at team events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Texas SB 4 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Buckingham", "Burrows", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Hinojosa", "Kolkhorst", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb8b81bd-9cee-4cfb-8e69-4b2904970c23"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 4.xml"
source_hash: "82ab829aab908243a06beb552be5d57fc052fb729325fae1be0f4bc9d029525b"
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 4 (87) — Relating to provisions in agreements between governmental entities and professional sports teams requiring the United States national anthem to be played at team events.

## 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/SB00004I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00004E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00004H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00004S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00004F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **110–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-06** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** 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/fb8b81bd-9cee-4cfb-8e69-4b2904970c23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).