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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to residential and commercial building requirements of municipalities, counties, and emergency services districts."
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description: "Relating to residential and commercial building requirements of municipalities, counties, and emergency services districts."
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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 738"
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citation: "Texas HB 738 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION (S0273)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nichols", "Paul"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-12-04"
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last_action: "2021-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d46c22e2-c670-4163-a976-e9571bf2f6df"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 738.xml"
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source_hash: "6e1e8a4a83842598fd240d644fa0f251ad50a5946233d4513c7697c9867cc3e0"
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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 738 (87) — Relating to residential and commercial building requirements of municipalities, counties, and emergency services districts.
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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/HB00738I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00738E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00738H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00738S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00738F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **134–10** (pass) · lower
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- other — **134–10** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **143–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Paul — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-04** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-01** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-03-29** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-07** Record vote
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- **2021-04-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Record vote
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- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-07** See remarks for effective date
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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/d46c22e2-c670-4163-a976-e9571bf2f6df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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