---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to limitations on the use of workers' compensation insurance experience modifier values in soliciting and awarding public construction contracts."
description: "Relating to limitations on the use of workers' compensation insurance experience modifier values in soliciting and awarding public construction contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 679"
citation: "Texas HB 679 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Bell, Keith", "Lambert", "Romero, Jr.", "Schwertner", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-11-15"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b4326d-cf58-4947-9729-cee779c48be5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 679.xml"
source_hash: "b461886a19f3d60a57f2286de155c62de5c6c41591bfcabd5e53673be25cddbf"
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 679 (88) — Relating to limitations on the use of workers' compensation insurance experience modifier values in soliciting and awarding public construction contracts.

## 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/HB00679I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00679E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00679H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00679S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00679F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **125–19** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **133–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Romero, Jr. — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Record vote
- **2023-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Record vote
- **2023-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Not again 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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/56b4326d-cf58-4947-9729-cee779c48be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).