---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to political expenditures made by a corporation to finance the solicitation of political contributions to a political committee."
description: "Relating to political expenditures made by a corporation to finance the solicitation of political contributions to a political committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3044"
citation: "Texas HB 3044 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations & Associations (I0090)", "Elections--Campaign Financing (I0290)", "POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (S0114)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Hughes", "Klick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f94dc9b-9cea-4a1a-805e-a48f15adbde4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3044.xml"
source_hash: "c74604d0d86b52fe672d646e4e07661c0b3151e22501f193e6988a8d2635c015"
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 3044 (86) — Relating to political expenditures made by a corporation to finance the solicitation of political contributions to a political committee.

## 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/HB03044I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **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`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/4f94dc9b-9cea-4a1a-805e-a48f15adbde4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).