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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities."
description: "Relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Texas SB 29 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Corporations & Associations (I0090)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Hughes", "Leach", "Longoria", "Meyer", "Schofield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e8f77df-7e76-4912-bc0e-64265be75229"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 29.xml"
source_hash: "22ffdf538b3cd9273412b7737a39fc099ca41d46a43be60b11adfa59cf80732a"
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 29 (89R) — Relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities.
## 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/SB00029I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00029E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00029H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00029S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00029F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **301** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1097** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 29 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **292** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1329** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anchía — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-03** Record vote
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Record vote
- **2025-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-07** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-04-30** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Record vote
- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-05** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-07** Read
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** 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/7e8f77df-7e76-4912-bc0e-64265be75229`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).