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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment."
+description: "Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 396"
+citation: "Texas HB 396 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Textbooks (I0226)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "VanDeaver"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-19"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ecd527f-f970-4b0c-9a1c-9f9043493f9e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 396.xml"
+source_hash: "7a1dea130a3671319f48fd9e58b2b38943e68a9d539b8bbfd36819798893486d"
+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 396 (86) — Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment.
+
+## 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/HB00396I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- VanDeaver — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-19** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-02-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-06** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-21** Record vote
+- **2019-03-21** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-25** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-27** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **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/7ecd527f-f970-4b0c-9a1c-9f9043493f9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+