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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of and certain programs subject to rules adopted by the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of and certain programs subject to rules adopted by the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1515"
citation: "Texas HB 1515 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK", "TEXAS (V0452)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Governor (I0375)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "Tourism (I0817)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Canales", "Clardy", "Goldman", "Holland", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29364da-2f50-41ac-98a2-51683d7c6cdf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1515.xml"
source_hash: "8b423897e896905a3acc8a86dc8986f0ea5e330ae4978665f3b3ba09c025ed2e"
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 1515 (88) — Relating to the continuation and functions of and certain programs subject to rules adopted by the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01515I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01515E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01515H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01515S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01515F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 1515 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **121–21** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–12** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–21** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Record vote
- **2023-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-19** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-19** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-19** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** House discharges conferees
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** House discharges conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29364da-2f50-41ac-98a2-51683d7c6cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).