---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the repeal of an unused definition and a chapter heading formerly regulating membership dues."
description: "Relating to the repeal of an unused definition and a chapter heading formerly regulating membership dues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4559"
citation: "Texas HB 4559 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees (I0626)", "State Officers (I0761)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olcott", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f42548b8-325b-43f8-baa6-445e6c06a72e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4559.xml"
source_hash: "b67d3492c95912413dac6a6d51d49d2f8292b3b73279d55462e8ad4e41e2fd97"
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 4559 (89R) — Relating to the repeal of an unused definition and a chapter heading formerly regulating membership dues.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB04559I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04559E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04559H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04559S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04559F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–6** (pass) · lower
- passage — **114–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Olcott — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/f42548b8-325b-43f8-baa6-445e6c06a72e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).