---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services."
description: "Relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2235"
citation: "Texas HB 2235 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--General (I0160)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES (S0598)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longoria", "Perry", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef930456-8c47-407b-a73a-8a618256916f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2235.xml"
source_hash: "f5b8f83c6f3222dea7637661711674760e0785bbd8dd7066af1a9e021a680cee"
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 2235 (86) — Relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services.

## 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/HB02235I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longoria — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef930456-8c47-407b-a73a-8a618256916f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).