---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain restrictions on contributions and expenditures from political funds by a lobbyist."
description: "Relating to certain restrictions on contributions and expenditures from political funds by a lobbyist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2677"
citation: "Texas HB 2677 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Campaign Financing (I0290)", "Ethics (I0345)", "LOBBYISTS & LOBBYING (S3141)", "POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (S0114)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Goldman", "Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c95bd1a-fef7-42cf-813d-9ff8554f736d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2677.xml"
source_hash: "12c10713ae6d4adf4198be4bf6cc13b541b4c0fd3a6f62d22056a731e5a12cdd"
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 2677 (86) — Relating to certain restrictions on contributions and expenditures from political funds by a lobbyist.

## 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/HB02677I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** 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 on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c95bd1a-fef7-42cf-813d-9ff8554f736d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).