---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1056"
citation: "Texas HB 1056 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "COINS & PRECIOUS METALS (S0013)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "CURRENCY & CURRENCY EXCHANGE (S0335)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Dorazio", "Harris", "Hughes", "Hunter", "Raymond"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 75
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a00f5ea-5e79-40ca-a5ba-3480fb04501f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1056.xml"
source_hash: "44cddd29c309743763ee124e02b019eefc697839bab3bc283035a18722950806"
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 1056 (89R) — Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01056I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01056E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01056H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01056S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01056F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **101–32** (pass) · lower
- passage — **94–41** (pass) · lower
- passage — **89–45** (pass) · lower
- passage — **101–32** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Dorazio — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Record vote
- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2025-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-22** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a00f5ea-5e79-40ca-a5ba-3480fb04501f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).