---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to the procurement of goods and services for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services."
description: "Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to the procurement of goods and services for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2791"
citation: "Texas HB 2791 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Purchasing--State (I0643)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Button", "Harris Davila", "Longoria", "Lopez, Janie", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a0d5c21-0563-4723-806e-b079df8990b1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2791.xml"
source_hash: "6a04e70721efae8c18c6ee534c3faf4c0c91d8cb67e06241232e41ca93a904c9"
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 2791 (89R) — Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to the procurement of goods and services for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.

## 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/HB02791I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02791F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **125–19** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Harris Davila — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-05** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/0a0d5c21-0563-4723-806e-b079df8990b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).