---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment."
description: "Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Texas HB 396 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Textbooks (I0226)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-19"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ecd527f-f970-4b0c-9a1c-9f9043493f9e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 396.xml"
source_hash: "7a1dea130a3671319f48fd9e58b2b38943e68a9d539b8bbfd36819798893486d"
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 396 (86) — Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment.

## 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/HB00396I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Record vote
- **2019-03-21** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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 on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ecd527f-f970-4b0c-9a1c-9f9043493f9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).