---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations."
description: "Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4071"
citation: "Texas HB 4071 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Longoria"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b51cbf9-5150-4b5a-b155-76b556d903f5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4071.xml"
source_hash: "bca7db79ae98b801dc1402d3b068b827e872ae7c1a0bf6d2006ac48aa1dd33f8"
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 4071 (86) — Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.

## 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/HB04071I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower
- other — **144–2** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-16** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in Senate-Art III Sec 49a Tx. Const.
- **2019-05-18** Sent to the Comptroller
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/0b51cbf9-5150-4b5a-b155-76b556d903f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).