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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Texas HB 21 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)", "Housing--Finance (I0407)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Bettencourt", "Capriglione", "Gates", "Martinez Fischer", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9bc10d0-c595-4964-b604-ccf339e07d02"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 21.xml"
source_hash: "0a8b850090ced10c7e97c69b9df97332c6ce1a7f2477376268e9aa2f536227e5"
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 21 (89R) — Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00021I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00021E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00021H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00021S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00021F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **11315** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 21 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **301** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10035** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Gates — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Point of order overruled
- **2025-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Point of order overruled
- **2025-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-12** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9bc10d0-c595-4964-b604-ccf339e07d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).