---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of county hotel occupancy tax revenue for an electronic tax administration system and the reimbursement of tax collection expenses."
description: "Relating to the use of county hotel occupancy tax revenue for an electronic tax administration system and the reimbursement of tax collection expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1689"
citation: "Texas HB 1689 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e44ed94-1f5d-4c5c-bd9a-eb0d972b4e93"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1689.xml"
source_hash: "48f51a9d74bad3a0523e33da29e8bb8239e3843caad386a07f66d71c82ed7597"
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 HB 1689 (88) — Relating to the use of county hotel occupancy tax revenue for an electronic tax administration system and the reimbursement of tax collection expenses.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01689I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01689E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01689H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01689S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01689F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/5e44ed94-1f5d-4c5c-bd9a-eb0d972b4e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).