---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the territory of and fees imposed by certain emergency communication districts."
description: "Relating to the territory of and fees imposed by certain emergency communication districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2461"
citation: "Texas HB 2461 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beckley", "Johnson, Julie", "Nelson", "Parker", "Patterson", "Stucky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e89ba3c7-40ae-4d99-b663-89cf2e72912c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2461.xml"
source_hash: "542167c578ff009be6415719cd956132b210db0641cca6c92856afd990bb1022"
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 2461 (86) — Relating to the territory of and fees imposed by certain emergency communication districts.

## 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/HB02461I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Beckley — primary (person)
- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e89ba3c7-40ae-4d99-b663-89cf2e72912c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).