---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Credit Union Department and the Credit Union Commission."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Credit Union Department and the Credit Union Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Texas SB 707 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CREDIT UNION COMMISSION (V0078)", "CREDIT UNION DEPARTMENT (V0991)", "Financial--Credit Unions (I0368)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Canales", "Cyrier", "Goldman", "Hall", "Lambert", "Lucio", "Paddie", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cddf826-642d-4916-99e6-c93049a82ae4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 707.xml"
source_hash: "2dc436f6c7e9df1b699b3f561bf637d7a489655670af7135bb858d6d62403dc7"
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 707 (87) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Credit Union Department and the Credit Union Commission.

## 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/SB00707I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00707E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00707H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00707S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00707F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **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/7cddf826-642d-4916-99e6-c93049a82ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).