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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to granting an easement to the City of Austin."
+description: "Relating to granting an easement to the City of Austin."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2978"
+citation: "Texas HB 2978 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUSTIN", "CITY OF (G0324)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "FACILITIES COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0780)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)", "STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0027)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-03-04"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc1ee096-5e82-4f36-913f-0bd4b5610450"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2978.xml"
+source_hash: "3c5d726142a1ac834a56cfe2c0156d0c5d56154d71aec3e3498034cfda38d0a4"
+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 2978 (86) — Relating to granting an easement to the City of Austin.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02978I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **118–23** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **118–23** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **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 & 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
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** 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 immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc1ee096-5e82-4f36-913f-0bd4b5610450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+