---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cottage food production operations."
description: "Relating to cottage food production operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Texas SB 541 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "FOOD (S0761)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PACKAGING & LABELING REQUIREMENTS (S0339)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hull", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-06"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/024eead1-f6eb-4154-a404-28a4ca68d536"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 541.xml"
source_hash: "eb113a0cc9b08597a4ff62da529d5a28dbb02b3ed6ce0240763c3c6ffdf36074"
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 541 (89R) — Relating to cottage food production operations.

## 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/SB00541I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00541E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00541H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00541S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00541F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **135–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hull — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-06** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** 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
- **2025-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **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 Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-20** Read
- **2025-05-20** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** 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/024eead1-f6eb-4154-a404-28a4ca68d536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).