---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility of land on which the Texas Animal Health Commission has established a temporary quarantine for ticks for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land."
description: "Relating to the eligibility of land on which the Texas Animal Health Commission has established a temporary quarantine for ticks for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3348"
citation: "Texas HB 3348 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Animals (I0035)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "OPEN-SPACE LAND (S0378)", "ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0000)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hinojosa", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae893a07-fed1-4cfe-834d-ab38685ae77e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3348.xml"
source_hash: "2c8c42c0748bd490e88cf5806a86cd6c30a3cdbe294bd3f35ccdeb9d65276ae5"
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 3348 (86) — Relating to the eligibility of land on which the Texas Animal Health Commission has established a temporary quarantine for ticks for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land.

## 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/HB03348I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-08** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-09** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-09** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae893a07-fed1-4cfe-834d-ab38685ae77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).