---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the coordination of certain broadband projects by the Texas Department of Transportation."
description: "Relating to the coordination of certain broadband projects by the Texas Department of Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2422"
citation: "Texas HB 2422 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Charles \"Doc\"", "King, Tracy O.", "Leman", "Nevárez", "Perry", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d50af7-0447-4db5-b683-a3e17abed877"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2422.xml"
source_hash: "946ae9f46b20de6bbe3e71996cf66a0d6c9e8322643448fb1ee8463cf5af3e6a"
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 2422 (86) — Relating to the coordination of certain broadband projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.

## 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/HB02422I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **136–5** (pass) · lower
- other — **136–5** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Nevárez — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent 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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/b1d50af7-0447-4db5-b683-a3e17abed877`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).