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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government."
+description: "Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1607"
+citation: "Texas HB 1607 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxation--Franchise (I0807)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Goldman", "Miller", "Price", "Taylor", "Turner, Chris"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-11"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9396ce07-3cf8-4915-aef1-0e40e43f847f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1607.xml"
+source_hash: "69bbb3ff1f0296771a8e51bcf9c614bf66742f3175e8fd4019bbe1e04be9ee30"
+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 1607 (86) — Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government.
+
+## 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/HB01607I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **126–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Geren — primary (person)
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
+- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-13** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9396ce07-3cf8-4915-aef1-0e40e43f847f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+