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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to donations to certain local charities or veterans county service offices ordered to be paid as a condition of community supervision."
description: "Relating to donations to certain local charities or veterans county service offices ordered to be paid as a condition of community supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Texas HB 541 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "GIFTS & DONATIONS (S0122)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Longoria"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf6eea41-41b2-4b9c-9db1-7b8ebcad6bb2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 541.xml"
source_hash: "a1b33833b58f83623b3789b0c3203aac3b8ae9b84d659dd291788a41e27d22bd"
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 541 (88) — Relating to donations to certain local charities or veterans county service offices ordered to be paid as a condition of community supervision.
## 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/HB00541I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00541E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00541H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00541S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00541F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 541 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1431** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-10** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-04-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** 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/cf6eea41-41b2-4b9c-9db1-7b8ebcad6bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).