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legislation/us/states/tx/86/hb-831.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the residency requirement to be eligible for public office."
+description: "Relating to the residency requirement to be eligible for public office."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 831"
+citation: "Texas HB 831 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS (S0266)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Huffman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-16"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1032914f-3222-4991-a500-d87e3fdac0b4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 831.xml"
+source_hash: "ff9f716bf3d28875700388747fd5ebdd8b2eb29f8344a85ee2d1f3c4ad890ba9"
+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 831 (86) — Relating to the residency requirement to be eligible for public office.
+
+## 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/HB00831I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **135–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huberty — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-07** Motion to table withdrawn
+- **2019-05-07** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08** Postponed
+- **2019-05-08** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-05-08** Postponed
+- **2019-05-08** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-08** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **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`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1032914f-3222-4991-a500-d87e3fdac0b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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