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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability of that tax in certain counties."
description: "Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability of that tax in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5178"
citation: "Texas HB 5178 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/852c7093-32ab-4605-8e40-fb7fd08e050c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05100_HB05199/HB 5178.xml"
source_hash: "76184c98a49c9aaaf3bef0d4dd591655153a9cd5a298d048ce7b5e30bf2d0594"
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 5178 (88) — Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability of that tax in certain counties.
## 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/HB05178I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05178E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05178H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05178S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05178F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **10540** (pass) · lower
- passage — **219** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 5178 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **255** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-18** 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/852c7093-32ab-4605-8e40-fb7fd08e050c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).