---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of delivery network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the regulation of delivery network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4215"
citation: "Texas HB 4215 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "DISCRIMINATION (S0052)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1d0fd5d-3f20-492e-a3db-eba607557b60"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04200_HB04299/HB 4215.xml"
source_hash: "0df6b2384b19fbdc9d42b5990a1fe7607e4ec3f5b798f32be259bec260e508db"
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 4215 (89R) — Relating to the regulation of delivery network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee.

## 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/HB04215I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04215E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04215H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04215S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04215F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunter — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** 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
- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-05** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-14** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** 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/c1d0fd5d-3f20-492e-a3db-eba607557b60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).