---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan program."
description: "Relating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "Texas SB 678 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "LOANS (S0117)", "Property Interests--Trusts (I0008)", "TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY", "TEXAS (V0094)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bell, Cecil", "Button", "Cortez", "Morales, Christina", "Neave"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54886930-250e-41bc-b63f-cda089ed67ad"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 678.xml"
source_hash: "38bcf7095c75f8d855abc5cec33454cdbdb8d1ecdef74edf7ee0d98e471e6445"
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 678 (87) — Relating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan program.

## 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/SB00678I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00678F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **109–37** (pass) · lower
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Cortez — primary (person)
- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-12** 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
- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of 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/54886930-250e-41bc-b63f-cda089ed67ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).