---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of truancy masters for Bell County."
description: "Relating to the creation of truancy masters for Bell County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 452"
citation: "Texas HB 452 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BELL COUNTY (G0130)", "Crimes--Juvenile (I0190)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Family--Juvenile Delinquency (I0360)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)", "MASTERS (S4289)", "TRUANCY (S0796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Buckley", "Shine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd2b7be2-e39d-4681-a4ba-7d0e1e5d7e35"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 452.xml"
source_hash: "99a0a461eead83ef207bda3ee1e443366c7038283e4af627de133eb0dfcfdb24"
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 452 (86) — Relating to the creation of truancy masters for Bell County.

## 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/HB00452I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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 Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/bd2b7be2-e39d-4681-a4ba-7d0e1e5d7e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).