republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-2116.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure in this state."
description: "Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 2116"
citation: "Texas SB 2116 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Governor (I0375)", "HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL (V0675)", "LONE STAR INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACT (PN7RT)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Purchasing--General (I0642)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Hall", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/989ec968-6c22-4bac-8e41-871ebe6f3109"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2116.xml"
source_hash: "964835a36bf75c9160515f467b32806f101eeaae8a2c70a0be8da7e7795eb1cb"
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 SB 2116 (87) — Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure 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/SB02116I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02116E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02116H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02116S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02116F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-26** Record vote
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Record vote
- **2021-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/989ec968-6c22-4bac-8e41-871ebe6f3109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).