---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of legislatively produced audio or visual materials in political advertising."
description: "Relating to the use of legislatively produced audio or visual materials in political advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 368"
citation: "Texas HB 368 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Campaign Financing (I0290)", "Ethics (I0345)", "Legislature (I0520)", "ADVERTISING (S2680)", "VIDEOTAPE & FILM (S2361)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Capriglione", "Hall", "Howard", "Thierry", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20339721-a1db-4583-9903-e12c931f0809"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 368.xml"
source_hash: "100790cd0c3a4ca180361cfcb8563e012baeef6dd88878d45f6c82a1142e9597"
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 368 (86) — Relating to the use of legislatively produced audio or visual materials in political advertising.

## 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/HB00368I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to House Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **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
- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20339721-a1db-4583-9903-e12c931f0809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).