---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the governance and operation of municipal management districts."
description: "Relating to the governance and operation of municipal management districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "Texas HB 304 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS (S0653)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Middleton", "Nelson", "Paul", "Swanson", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a07f3834-36ae-4572-9bee-856daf9aec40"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 304.xml"
source_hash: "9feac26988dd281afc0b38d7fcbcff5e7cf28ba27eb88dc5a5bc9735789cba9d"
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 304 (86) — Relating to the governance and operation of municipal management 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/HB00304I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** 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
- **2019-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** 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 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/a07f3834-36ae-4572-9bee-856daf9aec40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).