---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the adoption of a policy on the preclusion of private design professionals from contracting with the Texas Department of Transportation."
description: "Relating to the adoption of a policy on the preclusion of private design professionals from contracting with the Texas Department of Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3989"
citation: "Texas HB 3989 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE (S0026)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING (S1313)", "Purchasing--General (I0642)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Raney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a77f95-d616-48b0-b373-f24990042664"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3989.xml"
source_hash: "c0f452978080c7c41282545bfeaacd2fbb496c527768d78125dad00f451c48c6"
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 3989 (88) — Relating to the adoption of a policy on the preclusion of private design professionals from contracting with the Texas Department of Transportation.

## 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/HB03989I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03989E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03989H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03989S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03989F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Raney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Transportation `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** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** 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`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** 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/08a77f95-d616-48b0-b373-f24990042664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).