---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on certain property owned or leased by the Texas State Railroad Authority."
description: "Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on certain property owned or leased by the Texas State Railroad Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2196"
citation: "Texas HB 2196 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE RAILROAD AUTHORITY", "TEXAS (D0676)", "Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "Transportation--Railroads (I0821)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Guillen", "Harris", "Nichols"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a3dce32-7ec5-48d7-87d1-1c42ef38b105"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2196.xml"
source_hash: "0173e29ad1d837477bb9903e3196fd63538cee775fa5aeb4d4e77655bfda0794"
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 2196 (86) — Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on certain property owned or leased by the Texas State Railroad Authority.

## 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/HB02196I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–2** (pass) · lower
- other — **137–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** 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/8a3dce32-7ec5-48d7-87d1-1c42ef38b105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).