---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to consent annexation requirements."
description: "Relating to consent annexation requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "Texas HB 347 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Annexation (I0063)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Birdwell", "Huberty", "King, Phil", "Larson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 71
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e9b8b7f-2e61-4a36-b4e1-70e40e188ec1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 347.xml"
source_hash: "920c25d5ecc5d970d5097dc7d8d079b44cdd50cd38bc90f5c43b2ca584e55422"
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 347 (86) — Relating to consent annexation requirements.

## 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/HB00347I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–14** (pass) · lower
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **131–9** (pass) · lower
- other — **131–9** (fail) · upper
- passage — **98–43** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-04-29** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-30** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-02** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-09** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-09** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e9b8b7f-2e61-4a36-b4e1-70e40e188ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).