---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the applicability of certain laws to certain public schools and certain requirements of a charter school that receives certain tax exemptions."
description: "Relating to the applicability of certain laws to certain public schools and certain requirements of a charter school that receives certain tax exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3610"
citation: "Texas HB 3610 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "Middleton", "Sanford", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e867e5-3cc5-4729-9cb0-a95e6827a834"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3610.xml"
source_hash: "7dd5ddae18c50bba7ab44ef55c6f80d94d29d31c859a26f2c6e84ee41fda473e"
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 3610 (87) — Relating to the applicability of certain laws to certain public schools and certain requirements of a charter school that receives certain tax exemptions.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB03610I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03610E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03610H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03610S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03610F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **67–71** (fail) · lower
- passage — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **66–76** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-20** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Postponed
- **2021-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Failed to pass to engrossment
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-07** 1 hr. notice-for reconsideration
- **2021-05-07** Vote reconsidered
- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-07** Record vote
- **2021-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Postponed
- **2021-05-08** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-08** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-22** Postponed
- **2021-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0e867e5-3cc5-4729-9cb0-a95e6827a834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).