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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the computation of the replenishment ratio used to determine an employer's unemployment compensation contribution tax rate."
description: "Relating to the computation of the replenishment ratio used to determine an employer's unemployment compensation contribution tax rate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Texas HB 7 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Labor--Unemployment (I0475)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Landgraf", "Metcalf", "Nelson", "Rodriguez", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35fae29e-02c1-4d86-809e-bc884fd9771b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 7.xml"
source_hash: "a5f658782e9937c31a4664a3a93166681cc1cc00c7edc697c493c085337867de"
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 7 (87) — Relating to the computation of the replenishment ratio used to determine an employer's unemployment compensation contribution tax rate.
## 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/HB00007I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00007E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00007H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00007S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00007F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1470** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Button — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (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 International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13** 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/35fae29e-02c1-4d86-809e-bc884fd9771b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).