---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to powers and duties concerning records of the General Land Office."
description: "Relating to powers and duties concerning records of the General Land Office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2971"
citation: "Texas HB 2971 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "GIFTS & DONATIONS (S0122)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Canales", "Holland", "Leman", "Murr", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef9bd25-2b8f-4606-b4fc-e3e5d2d47477"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2971.xml"
source_hash: "60e6ca1cb7b48a61dee2b116f263d529572f28eea1a810a8eb645ad92ac45a90"
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 2971 (86) — Relating to powers and duties concerning records of the General Land Office.

## 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/HB02971I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to 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** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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 reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** 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/aef9bd25-2b8f-4606-b4fc-e3e5d2d47477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).