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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to issue certain payments to persons who are indebted or delinquent in taxes owed to the state and to state agency reporting requirements regarding such persons."
description: "Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to issue certain payments to persons who are indebted or delinquent in taxes owed to the state and to state agency reporting requirements regarding such persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2691"
citation: "Texas HB 2691 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (S2337)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure (I0763)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Taxation--State (I0790)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532a891a-c2e2-4219-a3a3-4c02e665be2c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2691.xml"
source_hash: "fffa567e2d9b4feb344bac0b1b825a0eeb42e0c26441f442db17309fb7e8a507"
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 HB 2691 (88) — Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to issue certain payments to persons who are indebted or delinquent in taxes owed to the state and to state agency reporting requirements regarding such persons.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02691I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02691E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02691H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02691S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02691F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1410** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2691 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Button — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Record vote
- **2023-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532a891a-c2e2-4219-a3a3-4c02e665be2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).