---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government."
description: "Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1607"
citation: "Texas HB 1607 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation--Franchise (I0807)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Goldman", "Miller", "Price", "Taylor", "Turner, Chris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9396ce07-3cf8-4915-aef1-0e40e43f847f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1607.xml"
source_hash: "69bbb3ff1f0296771a8e51bcf9c614bf66742f3175e8fd4019bbe1e04be9ee30"
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 1607 (86) — Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government.

## 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/HB01607I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **126–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** 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/9396ce07-3cf8-4915-aef1-0e40e43f847f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).