---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to candidates nominated by convention."
description: "Relating to candidates nominated by convention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2504"
citation: "Texas HB 2504 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd775957-2ce4-4232-aa93-73ed1eec7e39"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2504.xml"
source_hash: "4c6828009845ea99b4ee83c59963f4aea40be1de402cdee6a8d5972bf0e2e927"
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 2504 (86) — Relating to candidates nominated by convention.

## 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/HB02504I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **77–57** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Springer — 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 Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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 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/fd775957-2ce4-4232-aa93-73ed1eec7e39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).