---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the requirement that certain political subdivisions with authority to impose a tax post certain information on an Internet website."
description: "Relating to the requirement that certain political subdivisions with authority to impose a tax post certain information on an Internet website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Texas HB 305 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--General (I0310)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Frullo", "Holland", "Nelson", "Paul", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f84de82-c1f4-4d59-a8ee-cdbc30035a3b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 305.xml"
source_hash: "9fba1ead01008ac5cd8a4f2d367b3b47aa50103a47c2b30363439743745c7346"
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 305 (86) — Relating to the requirement that certain political subdivisions with authority to impose a tax post certain information on an Internet website.

## 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/HB00305I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower
- other — **137–3** (fail) · upper
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Frullo — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Record vote
- **2019-03-21** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** 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/9f84de82-c1f4-4d59-a8ee-cdbc30035a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).