---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise Choose Life account grants."
description: "Relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise Choose Life account grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2271"
citation: "Texas HB 2271 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "ADVERTISING (S2680)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Kolkhorst", "Lang", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1cb413-a27e-4097-b253-1245ea357a4f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2271.xml"
source_hash: "e0397748277df7b1c002001a50bae8d5d311a3920b2b04f3db6b26bf55e3a3b4"
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 2271 (86) — Relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise Choose Life account grants.

## 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/HB02271I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **94–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lang — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (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 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **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/3c1cb413-a27e-4097-b253-1245ea357a4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).