---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue related to a hotel and convention center project."
description: "Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue related to a hotel and convention center project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 627"
citation: "Texas SB 627 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "CONVENTIONS & CONVENTION CENTERS (S0348)", "HOTELS & MOTELS (S0171)", "SAN ANTONIO", "CITY OF (G0013)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f78496df-582f-48d9-b66c-e1c18a34542d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 627.xml"
source_hash: "e3b7cc0d979e4647dde292071f0eddd9394a28c7f2d36afbdc94eccf34e3c34a"
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 627 (88) — Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue related to a hotel and convention center project.

## 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/SB00627I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00627E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00627H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00627S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00627F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **108–34** (pass) · lower
- passage — **104–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-16** Recommitted to committee
- **2023-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-25** Read
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f78496df-582f-48d9-b66c-e1c18a34542d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).