---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1729"
citation: "Texas HB 1729 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "City Government--Annexation (I0063)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4005e0-4329-4275-9094-19d9d0d2efcd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1729.xml"
source_hash: "19c6606b349cef6c32f15fd27a39d6a3da0b88927c0825c383225b1c762ce7ac"
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 1729 (87) — Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by certain municipalities.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01729I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01729E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01729H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01729S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01729F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **143–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-31** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4005e0-4329-4275-9094-19d9d0d2efcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).