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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the imposition and use of a hotel occupancy tax by certain municipalities and counties."
description: "Relating to the imposition and use of a hotel occupancy tax by certain municipalities and counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2137"
citation: "Texas SB 2137 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69f0c89f-7c53-4ba7-9e61-e1f76b05e237"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2137.xml"
source_hash: "12aa39d3d7f086ab6215653ed4fd82f82f0ae46827166e7227f300ee2d22f4f8"
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 2137 (86) — Relating to the imposition and use of a hotel occupancy tax by certain municipalities and counties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB02137I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Canales — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69f0c89f-7c53-4ba7-9e61-e1f76b05e237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).