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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the fee amounts prescribed by the secretary of state for expedited commercial and business record searches or filings and the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for veteran-owned businesses."
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description: "Relating to the fee amounts prescribed by the secretary of state for expedited commercial and business record searches or filings and the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for veteran-owned businesses."
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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 346"
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citation: "Texas HB 346 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Cook", "Harris Davila", "King", "Simmons"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-11-12"
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last_action: "2025-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef33678d-dc21-41c4-aa54-eca0345613f4"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 346.xml"
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source_hash: "de3517b55e3c75990a0e16f6ed35cb7697138c2d439b293b87eae23309b3db78"
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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 346 (89R) — Relating to the fee amounts prescribed by the secretary of state for expedited commercial and business record searches or filings and the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for veteran-owned businesses.
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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/HB00346I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00346E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00346H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00346S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00346F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **124–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **124–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Harris Davila — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-07** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-09** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-05-09** Record vote
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- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-10** Record vote
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- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-12** Referred to Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-30** Record vote
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- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-12** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/ef33678d-dc21-41c4-aa54-eca0345613f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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