republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations."
description: "Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Texas HB 2 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Budget (I0747)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 70
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/017bf23c-6489-4294-9a01-e89c1b90f9a9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 2.xml"
source_hash: "0aa8fc8a93397632a2a91cafe7c7f6ba6fcb6de5d8763610f0cb87713d99ea61"
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 2 (87) — Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB00002I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00002E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00002H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00002S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00002F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **147–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Meeting cancelled
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Emergency Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Calendars Committee rule adopted
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-22** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-29** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** No action taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-27** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2021-05-27** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-28** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Signed in Senate-Art III Sec 49a Tx. Const.
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Comptroller
- **2021-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/017bf23c-6489-4294-9a01-e89c1b90f9a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).