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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land."
+description: "Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1409"
+citation: "Texas HB 1409 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "TIMBER & TIMBERLAND (S6061)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bailes", "Clardy", "Nichols", "Paddie", "White"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30fb508b-a152-4dde-ac11-9a60f901f22c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1409.xml"
+source_hash: "9fe87452c9d9a2fdffdd8fad129c502ac416aa230c5c679a55a7da402ce942a0"
+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 1409 (86) — Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01409I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Bailes — primary (person)
+- Clardy — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Record vote
+- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-03** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-06** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-06** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-16** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30fb508b-a152-4dde-ac11-9a60f901f22c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+