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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions."
+description: "Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 477"
+citation: "Texas HB 477 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "BONDS (S6060)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "González, Mary", "Metcalf", "Murphy", "Paul"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 65
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-12-06"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3708ad4d-2300-463d-8328-66483afc945f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 477.xml"
+source_hash: "1959ccadcd9f19bdeb5477b3c6251636997f3b6e77804d54521cdaaf070dfb87"
+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 477 (86) — Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations 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/HB00477I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–4** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **138–4** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Paul — primary (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-06** 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
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-09** Record vote
+- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Record vote
+- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** 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
+- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-06** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **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/3708ad4d-2300-463d-8328-66483afc945f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+