---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the advertising and promotion of a state purchasing program for local governments."
description: "Relating to the advertising and promotion of a state purchasing program for local governments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Texas SB 59 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING (S2680)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebac6aff-a9d1-4b43-a858-7e40963020ef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 59.xml"
source_hash: "81f94f822eb012da9ab19fce99b782be6ebd157f271d43cdd2d54c5b8e241441"
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 59 (87) — Relating to the advertising and promotion of a state purchasing program for local governments.

## 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/SB00059I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00059E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00059H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00059S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00059F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** 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`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebac6aff-a9d1-4b43-a858-7e40963020ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).