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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions."
+description: "Relating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 440"
+citation: "Texas HB 440 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Finance (I0062)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "BONDS (S6060)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Leach", "Longoria", "Lucio", "Murphy", "Toth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-11-30"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119cab7e-6c8a-4579-ac46-3422045c754e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 440.xml"
+source_hash: "ef860905626a752c39a233215813cf7475db6ec2ac56897a136870cb87c5668e"
+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 440 (86) — Relating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions.
+
+## 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/HB00440I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Flynn — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Lucio — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Toth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-20** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in 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
+- **2019-04-01** Record vote
+- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** Record vote
+- **2019-04-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **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 Property Tax `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-26** 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/119cab7e-6c8a-4579-ac46-3422045c754e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+