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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals."
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description: "Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 135"
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citation: "Texas HB 135 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Campbell", "Capriglione", "Meyer", "Noble", "Turner"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-12"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35d6abf4-e75e-449d-bce4-27cf7ef56355"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 135.xml"
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source_hash: "d9c150ffd425019a95de068456f46afa9843930cb6d7506053c929f32fa240ce"
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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 135 (89R) — Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals.
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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/89R/billtext/html/HB00135I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00135E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00135H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00135S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00135F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **126–21** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **118–27** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Button — primary (person)
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Meyer — primary (person)
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- Noble — primary (person)
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- Turner — primary (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-20** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-03-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-03-27** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-04-01** Record vote
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- **2025-04-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Record vote
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- **2025-04-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-02** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-04-23** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-24** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-05** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/35d6abf4-e75e-449d-bce4-27cf7ef56355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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