---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities."
description: "Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Texas HB 128 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (S0038)", "Intergovernmental Relations (I0447)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Kolkhorst", "McLaughlin", "Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8760699f-b0ac-4b32-b851-212648b9505a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 128.xml"
source_hash: "38d9900ca9d7cd9792b05038003fe1e6fa6f1b96a23175f2db1b66bd4459ad04"
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 128 (89R) — Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities.

## 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/HB00128I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **97–41** (pass) · lower
- passage — **104–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8760699f-b0ac-4b32-b851-212648b9505a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).