---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation."
description: "Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2127"
citation: "Texas HB 2127 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "TEXAS REGULATORY CONSISTENCY ACT (PH2OW)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Creighton", "Goldman", "King, Ken", "Meyer", "Raymond"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 196
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffab6200-d840-4bba-a8e9-5de02a72e8ee"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2127.xml"
source_hash: "0881fbb4fa4238f1d247de2a41a31dcaee5cc78c59b16832a745ed33df93273f"
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 2127 (88) — Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02127I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02127E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02127H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02127S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02127F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **92–55** (pass) · lower
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **92–55** (pass) · lower
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **84–58** (pass) · lower
- passage — **84–58** (pass) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Recommitted to committee
- **2023-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-18** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Point of order overruled
- **2023-04-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2023-04-18** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment to amendment withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment as amended fails of adoption
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Record vote
- **2023-04-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-08** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-14** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffab6200-d840-4bba-a8e9-5de02a72e8ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).