---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of information regarding certain local economic development agreements; providing a civil penalty."
description: "Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of information regarding certain local economic development agreements; providing a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2404"
citation: "Texas HB 2404 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Meyer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d3066cb-c3a8-458e-b7ed-035049af6b79"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2404.xml"
source_hash: "8f0677bb41c84d68b4989d8227c70370ef9988e4e771661d6810dc9420bda82f"
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 2404 (87) — Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of information regarding certain local economic development agreements; providing a civil penalty.

## 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/HB02404I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02404E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02404H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02404S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02404F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **139–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-31** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2021-04-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Record vote
- **2021-04-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-07** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-14** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-14** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** 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/6d3066cb-c3a8-458e-b7ed-035049af6b79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).