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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements."
+description: "Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2223"
+citation: "Texas HB 2223 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "FOOD (S0761)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Perry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-21"
+last_action: "2019-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce8ca72-3154-4b0e-adbe-de93a731e71c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2223.xml"
+source_hash: "0e8b454180e1d6a1b9dc21df12c9f5d2023972d49846a5fcef84809bd4c7d883"
+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 2223 (86) — Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements.
+
+## 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/HB02223I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frullo — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** Record vote
+- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-04** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-05** 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`
+- **2019-05-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-17** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce8ca72-3154-4b0e-adbe-de93a731e71c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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