---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the distribution to the Texas Racing Commission of certain money deducted from simulcast pari-mutuel pools."
description: "Relating to the distribution to the Texas Racing Commission of certain money deducted from simulcast pari-mutuel pools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1995"
citation: "Texas HB 1995 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING (S0515)", "RACING COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0514)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "King, Tracy O."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4ca18b6-1eec-46e5-9c9f-178e1978bbe5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1995.xml"
source_hash: "7b7ba5edb8fb8a3da3239678c2c3818f9bbed396ed9a64e393b6126795907e7e"
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 1995 (86) — Relating to the distribution to the Texas Racing Commission of certain money deducted from simulcast pari-mutuel pools.

## 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/HB01995I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **121–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **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`
- **2019-05-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** 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/c4ca18b6-1eec-46e5-9c9f-178e1978bbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).