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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the protection of religious organizations."
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description: "Relating to the protection of religious organizations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 525"
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citation: "Texas HB 525 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Religion (I0646)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Dean", "Hall", "Harless", "Noble", "Shaheen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 72
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-11-12"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4858f6b9-53c3-4b61-b506-f94217abd4e4"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 525.xml"
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source_hash: "440f255b1276f73b3f38f6d59a1523a6ed5b7aa68e65f87d18edddb6789bb1e7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 525 (87) — Relating to the protection of religious organizations.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00525F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **125–10** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **125–10** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **98–44** (pass) · lower
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Dean — primary (person)
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- Hall — primary (person)
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- Harless — primary (person)
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- Noble — primary (person)
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- Shaheen — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Cason — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leman — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- White — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Record vote
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- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-29** House discharges conferees
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- **2021-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-29** Record vote
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- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-29** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-29** House discharges conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4858f6b9-53c3-4b61-b506-f94217abd4e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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