---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the county in which a person may apply for the registration of and title for a motor vehicle."
description: "Relating to the county in which a person may apply for the registration of and title for a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 876"
citation: "Texas SB 876 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS (S0310)", "MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (S1214)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b8cf066-7b2a-4158-9cdd-54d0d2266273"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 876.xml"
source_hash: "ea3d8ed08a955922aef7a631b907a33c111c468b312ea8ef88ec15853705e31c"
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 876 (87) — Relating to the county in which a person may apply for the registration of and title for a motor vehicle.

## 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/SB00876I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00876E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00876H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00876S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00876F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **93–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-13** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-13** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b8cf066-7b2a-4158-9cdd-54d0d2266273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).