republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-43.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority."
description: "Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "Texas HB 43 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V4357)", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0566)", "ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0000)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE (U0221)", "TEXAS AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY (VS3O5)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "González, Mary", "Guillen", "Kitzman", "Lopez, Janie", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aadd7c23-f32c-4d9b-b534-3e1dae2a5c13"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 43.xml"
source_hash: "86adb2ce417591542a78d5cb38de99e2282c9cf1776f4963532c1e6e84ceae62"
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 43 (89R) — Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority.

## 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/HB00043I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00043E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00043H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00043S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00043F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–13** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–16** (pass) · lower
- passage — **102–35** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 43 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **102–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Kitzman — primary (person)
- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **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 as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/aadd7c23-f32c-4d9b-b534-3e1dae2a5c13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).