republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2765.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund."
description: "Relating to the Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2765"
citation: "Texas HB 2765 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V4357)", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "Economic & Industrial Development--Rural (I0212)", "Energy--General (I0315)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "RURAL (S0467)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (S0760)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e501e4b-87fc-4733-96f7-75ae6d46c1c1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2765.xml"
source_hash: "78af75f6a0ce8006ac73cbc02d46b43e008fa7c26be3cd85a919398fd6d2e9ff"
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 2765 (89R) — Relating to the Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund.

## 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/HB02765I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02765E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02765H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02765S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02765F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2765 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **104–27** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-24** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e501e4b-87fc-4733-96f7-75ae6d46c1c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).