---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4130"
citation: "Texas HB 4130 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--General (I0310)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Creighton", "Israel", "Klick", "Morrison", "Swanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53c4b746-a4d0-49ec-abdc-bf39d1c9fb13"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4130.xml"
source_hash: "ce1222edfd1a6e7c77263108bca41c8885b26ae8e7c7194f89b6259bbb2ce558"
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 4130 (86) — Relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee.

## 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/HB04130I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cortez — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Israel — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** 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/53c4b746-a4d0-49ec-abdc-bf39d1c9fb13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).