---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to deferred payment of ad valorem taxes for certain persons serving in the United States armed forces."
description: "Relating to deferred payment of ad valorem taxes for certain persons serving in the United States armed forces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1883"
citation: "Texas HB 1883 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Creighton", "Guillen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eef99616-7450-4d34-b047-7c65e4a2ed3a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1883.xml"
source_hash: "7841f2eeb1a250ea04970f095252e15dbf83dff9c23ea6852aa96c56152d8455"
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 1883 (86) — Relating to deferred payment of ad valorem taxes for certain persons serving in the United States armed forces.

## 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/HB01883I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** 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
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/eef99616-7450-4d34-b047-7c65e4a2ed3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).