---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land."
description: "Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Texas HB 1409 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "TIMBER & TIMBERLAND (S6061)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bailes", "Clardy", "Nichols", "Paddie", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30fb508b-a152-4dde-ac11-9a60f901f22c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1409.xml"
source_hash: "9fe87452c9d9a2fdffdd8fad129c502ac416aa230c5c679a55a7da402ce942a0"
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 1409 (86) — Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land.

## 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/HB01409I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Bailes — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** 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** 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 Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** 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** 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/30fb508b-a152-4dde-ac11-9a60f901f22c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).