---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the manner of solicitation of bids for certain purchases by the comptroller of public accounts and state agencies."
description: "Relating to the manner of solicitation of bids for certain purchases by the comptroller of public accounts and state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3623"
citation: "Texas HB 3623 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McQueeney", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4c75946-5ba3-4466-bed6-f5d2aa8e8955"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3623.xml"
source_hash: "f52c14f2c2e628a5ad9024ea613f569308ac2d738180c875debeedcd5d347807"
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 3623 (89R) — Relating to the manner of solicitation of bids for certain purchases by the comptroller of public accounts and state agencies.

## 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/HB03623I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03623E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03623H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03623S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03623F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McQueeney — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `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
- **2025-04-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-25** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** 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
- **2025-04-30** 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`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-22** 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 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/a4c75946-5ba3-4466-bed6-f5d2aa8e8955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).