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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Agriculture, the Prescribed Burning Board, and the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation and the abolishment of the Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Agriculture, the Prescribed Burning Board, and the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation and the abolishment of the Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 703"
citation: "Texas SB 703 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH & NUTRITION INTERAGENCY COUNCIL (V0793)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "PRESCRIBED BURNING BOARD (V0109)", "SEED & PLANT BOARD", "TEXAS (V0667)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Canales", "Hall", "Lucio", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2f989a-9225-4f0b-8e30-826b5d6c619c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 703.xml"
source_hash: "5cabee2823f5f3f8a46e6a609ffa3afcf9fd74f9d62458fc7d1f4c236727b864"
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 703 (87) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Agriculture, the Prescribed Burning Board, and the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation and the abolishment of the Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council.
## 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/SB00703I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00703E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00703H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00703S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00703F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1441** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate discharges conferees
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate discharges conferees-reported
- **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`
- **2021-06-16** 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/ad2f989a-9225-4f0b-8e30-826b5d6c619c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).