---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
description: "Relating to the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3233"
citation: "Texas HB 3233 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Elections--Campaign Financing (I0290)", "Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Ethics (I0345)", "POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (S0114)", "ETHICS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V9939)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Klick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3569b83b-4bec-416a-bc89-eb301da40c96"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3233.xml"
source_hash: "c2128c0ab6b04e4a0b9dec0a27127ffbe290381a7d3490758621bd28bc11091b"
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 3233 (86) — Relating to the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.

## 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/HB03233I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** 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
- **2019-04-16** 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
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3569b83b-4bec-416a-bc89-eb301da40c96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).