---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors of the Muleshoe Area Hospital District."
description: "Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors of the Muleshoe Area Hospital District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Texas HB 294 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MULESHOE AREA HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0629)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King, Ken", "Seliger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d05cdfc-4b59-4224-a185-0726bdc61ba6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 294.xml"
source_hash: "73680322c85452796ded070054dfba3b44106e828c38e51a1052345dfd460710"
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 294 (86) — Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors of the Muleshoe Area Hospital District.

## 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/HB00294I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–6** (pass) · lower
- other — **137–6** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- King, Ken — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-07** 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/7d05cdfc-4b59-4224-a185-0726bdc61ba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).