---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the service of a notice of assessment by the Texas Workforce Commission under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act."
description: "Relating to the service of a notice of assessment by the Texas Workforce Commission under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 695"
citation: "Texas SB 695 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Labor--Unemployment (I0475)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45fc2874-a651-476a-93ac-7706a7f4528b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 695.xml"
source_hash: "538e88ac6ee7804bcfa0192647f3fbd637de76a756fb4e56d1ae64f400f4a719"
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 695 (87) — Relating to the service of a notice of assessment by the Texas Workforce Commission under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act.

## 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/SB00695I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00695E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00695H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00695S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00695F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `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 Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/45fc2874-a651-476a-93ac-7706a7f4528b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).