---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state agency enforcement of laws regulating small businesses."
description: "Relating to state agency enforcement of laws regulating small businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "Texas SB 424 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Hunter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/816f5c9e-4196-43b3-9706-81ad322ca3c2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 424.xml"
source_hash: "0998464e0437dbc26abbd99d506a3f7bd1c9268e57c6c132161ff256f4fb2ad7"
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 424 (87) — Relating to state agency enforcement of laws regulating small businesses.

## 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/SB00424I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00424E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00424H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00424S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00424F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **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** 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`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** 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/816f5c9e-4196-43b3-9706-81ad322ca3c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).