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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of certain direct sales of food to consumers and a limitation on the fee amount for certain permits."
description: "Relating to the regulation of certain direct sales of food to consumers and a limitation on the fee amount for certain permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 617"
citation: "Texas SB 617 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "FARMERS' MARKETS (S0737)", "FOOD (S0761)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Health--General (I0385)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Rodriguez", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2bd2ec8-490c-4756-81cb-f52c72c68a7d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 617.xml"
source_hash: "641756f5bef203fe58cd41d883854d737b4f39ed87f57d38e63d3048e0515276"
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 617 (87) — Relating to the regulation of certain direct sales of food to consumers and a limitation on the fee amount for certain permits.
## 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/SB00617I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00617E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00617H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00617S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00617F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1460** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **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
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **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** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-05-26** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** House passage reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/d2bd2ec8-490c-4756-81cb-f52c72c68a7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).