---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notaries public; increasing the amount of certain fees."
description: "Relating to notaries public; increasing the amount of certain fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Texas HB 255 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Notaries (I0538)", "PASSPORTS (S0246)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds", "Swanson", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02237f09-9d59-4598-89c5-3f339a514101"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 255.xml"
source_hash: "e94682d1f6586499879cdee55f2c353ea9d74cad8dbf38458c05a0cdb02fc820"
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 255 (88) — Relating to notaries public; increasing the amount of certain fees.

## 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/HB00255I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00255E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00255H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00255S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00255F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Record vote
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02237f09-9d59-4598-89c5-3f339a514101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).