---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to competitive requirements for a procurement by a municipality for lobbying, government relations, or similar services."
description: "Relating to competitive requirements for a procurement by a municipality for lobbying, government relations, or similar services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Texas HB 223 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "LOBBYISTS & LOBBYING (S3141)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alders", "Capriglione", "Middleton", "Spiller", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 64
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efe2acf9-1638-4127-9e52-e691a1850905"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 223.xml"
source_hash: "e3e1fb2911357633ecae67469ec6f73a22ce0cf7d3d0e5a5a3859e93daffd02e"
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 223 (89R) — Relating to competitive requirements for a procurement by a municipality for lobbying, government relations, or similar services.

## 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/HB00223I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00223E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00223H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00223S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00223F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **103–28** (pass) · upper
- passage — **92–56** (pass) · lower
- passage — **90–53** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **103–28** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alders — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-28** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 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/efe2acf9-1638-4127-9e52-e691a1850905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).