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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to postpayment audits conducted by the comptroller and annual financial reports submitted by state agencies."
+description: "Relating to postpayment audits conducted by the comptroller and annual financial reports submitted by state agencies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2042"
+citation: "Texas HB 2042 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Stucky"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-20"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ee640c9-1352-4e4b-b635-85aaf7bde067"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2042.xml"
+source_hash: "96b8a0362fb3ce265c4039c0585e757c43f1d02356898e4aa57ab6f4b42d4187"
+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 2042 (86) — Relating to postpayment audits conducted by the comptroller and annual financial reports submitted by state agencies.
+
+## 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/HB02042I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-18** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2019-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-08** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **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
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** 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/0ee640c9-1352-4e4b-b635-85aaf7bde067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+