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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense."
+description: "Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 71"
+citation: "Texas HB 71 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Transportation--Mass Transit (I0823)", "BONDS (S6060)", "COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Lucio", "Martinez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f907204d-2c3f-4662-9ad4-7f3d5e8856ee"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 71.xml"
+source_hash: "6156bba0f3e8e70afde7308b5b3298f330d0920d5d389e51aafbabd2263d94ab"
+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 71 (86) — Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense.
+
+## 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/HB00071I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **108–37** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **119–20** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Lucio — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **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
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-08** Record vote
+- **2019-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Record vote
+- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f907204d-2c3f-4662-9ad4-7f3d5e8856ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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