---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the content of a polling place location notice."
description: "Relating to the content of a polling place location notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1241"
citation: "Texas HB 1241 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Cain", "Cortez", "Klick", "Moody", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aea17d1-b66d-471e-8c79-54b343c60b3f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1241.xml"
source_hash: "f1ddf945f9790ae3f297421b36fdcc62ea4636ab610c8f89e8d9c05f8fef97fa"
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 1241 (86) — Relating to the content of a polling place location notice.

## 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/HB01241I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Cortez — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **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
- **2019-04-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-04** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-03** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** 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/5aea17d1-b66d-471e-8c79-54b343c60b3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).