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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored."
+description: "Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1973"
+citation: "Texas HB 1973 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing--General (I0405)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Goodwin", "Guerra", "Nelson", "Price", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 81
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-02-19"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed6948d1-23b2-4c11-8a52-7ef7354840b6"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1973.xml"
+source_hash: "04820ebccfc3b37c7db14142e23a9fea2bca5cb3ec1bdffe9a0d53d2a0928237"
+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 1973 (86) — Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored.
+
+## 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/HB01973I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **102–32** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **126–14** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **90–38** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Guerra — primary (person)
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-24** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Record vote
+- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
+- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
+- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** 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/ed6948d1-23b2-4c11-8a52-7ef7354840b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+