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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds."
description: "Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Texas SB 21 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "CURRENCY & CURRENCY EXCHANGE (S0335)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TEXAS STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (VB9VD)", "TEXAS STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE AND INVESTMENT ACT (PO2LR)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Cunningham", "Longoria", "Oliverson", "Schwertner", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 86
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840b99a0-bc39-4014-83bb-b569b0e36eb5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 21.xml"
source_hash: "7be809ea02c258c136755e8e526d0feda6204e92b5a2b7929254daff604f94e6"
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 SB 21 (89R) — Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.
## 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/SB00021I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00021E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00021H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00021S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00021F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **11025** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1236** (pass) · lower
- passage — **10142** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 21 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **255** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11025** (pass) · upper
- passage — **255** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10523** (pass) · lower
- passage — **238** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-02-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-02-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-05** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-06** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-06** Record vote
- **2025-03-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Record vote
- **2025-03-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-06** Record vote
- **2025-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Record vote
- **2025-03-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-07** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-20** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-21** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-25** Read
- **2025-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-29** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/840b99a0-bc39-4014-83bb-b569b0e36eb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).