---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits."
description: "Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Texas SB 266 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94d35609-a207-4998-8412-e1e069986f9a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 266.xml"
source_hash: "515e130dfa4665dce9110a1607966f61648a6df339cdb72eb71f4212b7941fc3"
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 SB 266 (89R) — Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits.

## 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/SB00266I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00266E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00266H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00266S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00266F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94d35609-a207-4998-8412-e1e069986f9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).