---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably retired or medically discharged peace officers."
description: "Relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably retired or medically discharged peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Texas HB 315 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hughes", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b088ce3a-fc0b-4c00-a0f3-03e61459dd50"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 315.xml"
source_hash: "9470585c37022bfc90f3adde404709a44ccefba1cce1dd3545bbe158be641898"
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 315 (87) — Relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably retired or medically discharged peace officers.

## 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/HB00315I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00315F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-17** Record vote
- **2021-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/b088ce3a-fc0b-4c00-a0f3-03e61459dd50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).