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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities."
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description: "Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities."
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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 128"
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citation: "Texas HB 128 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (S0038)", "Intergovernmental Relations (I0447)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Kolkhorst", "McLaughlin", "Orr"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8760699f-b0ac-4b32-b851-212648b9505a"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 128.xml"
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source_hash: "38d9900ca9d7cd9792b05038003fe1e6fa6f1b96a23175f2db1b66bd4459ad04"
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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 128 (89R) — Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities.
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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/HB00128I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00128F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **97–41** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **104–32** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hefner — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- McLaughlin — primary (person)
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- Orr — primary (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Holt — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
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- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' 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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- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-24** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-04-29** Record vote
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- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Record vote
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- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** 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/8760699f-b0ac-4b32-b851-212648b9505a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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