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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities."
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description: "Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2497"
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citation: "Texas HB 2497 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "BAY CITY", "CITY OF (GC1FB)", "COLORADO RIVER (G0491)", "City Government--Finance (I0062)", "GULF OF MEXICO (G4223)", "MATAGORDA COUNTY (G0833)", "RECREATIONAL & CULTURAL FACILITIES (S0286)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Morrison"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73de0d91-44b1-4b45-bb9c-caf6ab8cc256"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2497.xml"
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source_hash: "7be16f3b41b05b99daa7ec76587606d0f69c65dd1f27586179d2ed587c472c8e"
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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 2497 (88) — Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB02497I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02497E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02497H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02497S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02497F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **111–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Morrison — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-19** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Record vote
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- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-01** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-17** Record vote
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- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Record vote
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- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-12** Effective immediately `became-law`
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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/73de0d91-44b1-4b45-bb9c-caf6ab8cc256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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