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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a study on expanding recovery housing in this state."
description: "Relating to a study on expanding recovery housing in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 707"
citation: "Texas HB 707 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Moody", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-02"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5188cb1c-750b-4380-90ca-96cb2e48e284"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 707.xml"
source_hash: "352872cbdad081a9cc31ffc511fae5bb48bdcd310369e3ba29de5fe091dfc62b"
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 707 (87) — Relating to a study on expanding recovery housing in this state.
## 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/HB00707I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00707E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00707H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00707S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00707F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **256** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5188cb1c-750b-4380-90ca-96cb2e48e284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).