republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-988.md

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Bill	Relating to ad valorem taxation; creating a criminal offense.	Relating to ad valorem taxation; creating a criminal offense.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	87	HB 988	Texas HB 988 (87)	bill	BOATS & BOATING (S3125) COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608) Courts--District (I0120) Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211) MEDIATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION (S8683) Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796) Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)	enacted	Button Hancock Lucio III Rodriguez Shine	5	59	3	2021-01-06	2021-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/03ade59f-4e65-47d6-95a5-3c7aa5c7b478	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 988.xml	3907d868ce2399262cf26214fdfd39e8cacfcc8dc62ad846da28085cd770a111	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas HB 988 (87) — Relating to ad valorem taxation; creating a criminal offense.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• passage — 146–0 (pass) · lower
• other — 146–0 (fail) · upper
• passage — 146–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Button — primary (person)
• Hancock — primary (person)
• Lucio III — primary (person)
• Rodriguez — primary (person)
• Shine — primary (person)
• Ashby — cosponsor (person)
• Bailes — cosponsor (person)
• Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
• Buckley — cosponsor (person)
• Darby — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Geren — cosponsor (person)
• Guillen — cosponsor (person)
• Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
• Raney — cosponsor (person)
• Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-06 Filed filing
• 2021-03-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-01 Referred to Ways & Means referral-committee
• 2021-03-08 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-03-08 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
• 2021-03-08 Left pending in committee
• 2021-03-31 Considered in formal meeting
• 2021-03-31 Committee substitute considered in committee
• 2021-03-31 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2021-04-09 Committee report distributed
• 2021-04-09 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2021-04-23 Considered in Calendars
• 2021-04-26 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-04-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-04-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-04-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-04-26 Passed to engrossment as amended
• 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Passed passage
• 2021-04-27 Record vote
• 2021-04-27 Reported engrossed
• 2021-04-27 Received from the House introduction
• 2021-05-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-05-03 Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2021-05-17 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2021-05-17 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-05-17 Testimony taken in committee
• 2021-05-17 Left pending in committee
• 2021-05-19 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-05-21 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-21 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
• 2021-05-21 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2021-05-25 Co-sponsor authorized
• 2021-05-25 Placed on intent calendar
• 2021-05-25 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
• 2021-05-25 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
• 2021-05-25 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-25 Three day rule suspended
• 2021-05-25 Record vote
• 2021-05-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-25 Passed passage
• 2021-05-25 Record vote
• 2021-05-27 Senate passage as amended reported
• 2021-05-27 Senate Amendments distributed
• 2021-05-27 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
• 2021-05-28 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
• 2021-05-28 Record vote
• 2021-05-28 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-28 Text of Senate Amendment(s)
• 2021-05-28 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-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
• 2021-06-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-15 See remarks for effective date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03ade59f-4e65-47d6-95a5-3c7aa5c7b478. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).