---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions."
description: "Relating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "Texas HB 440 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Finance (I0062)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "BONDS (S6060)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Leach", "Longoria", "Lucio", "Murphy", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-11-30"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119cab7e-6c8a-4579-ac46-3422045c754e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 440.xml"
source_hash: "ef860905626a752c39a233215813cf7475db6ec2ac56897a136870cb87c5668e"
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 440 (86) — Relating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions.

## 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/HB00440I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flynn — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-30** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `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
- **2019-03-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-01** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** 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/119cab7e-6c8a-4579-ac46-3422045c754e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).