---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements."
description: "Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2223"
citation: "Texas HB 2223 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "FOOD (S0761)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce8ca72-3154-4b0e-adbe-de93a731e71c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2223.xml"
source_hash: "0e8b454180e1d6a1b9dc21df12c9f5d2023972d49846a5fcef84809bd4c7d883"
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 2223 (86) — Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements.

## 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/HB02223I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frullo — primary (person)
- Perry — 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 International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-05** 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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce8ca72-3154-4b0e-adbe-de93a731e71c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).