---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a political subdivision."
description: "Relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a political subdivision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "Texas HB 1048 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Early Voting (I0260)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad18eeb1-fd60-4110-9f85-33af7e2737ea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1048.xml"
source_hash: "c93ca53892d42eda1911994af73267b1a9d34eac1f6c6a7546f8990bd1ac21ac"
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 1048 (86) — Relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a political subdivision.

## 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/HB01048I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** 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** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad18eeb1-fd60-4110-9f85-33af7e2737ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).