---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for property used in the production of motion picture, video, or audio recordings and broadcasts."
description: "Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for property used in the production of motion picture, video, or audio recordings and broadcasts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3086"
citation: "Texas HB 3086 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)", "MOTION PICTURE & RECORDING INDUSTRY (S7958)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cole", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c8ee81-c481-4c43-b9d6-16eee47b58a2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3086.xml"
source_hash: "c34ac4603cf5191dfec503736683f589d964cb60d4b5c7217d3cbb941c8cdf1b"
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 3086 (86) — Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for property used in the production of motion picture, video, or audio recordings and broadcasts.

## 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/HB03086I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cole — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (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 Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-28** 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** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Finance `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
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19c8ee81-c481-4c43-b9d6-16eee47b58a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).