---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration, collection, and remittance of the cigarette tax; requiring a permit."
description: "Relating to the administration, collection, and remittance of the cigarette tax; requiring a permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4614"
citation: "Texas HB 4614 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation--Cigarette (I0808)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e7e4dd-8d34-4410-bf97-a72924b59a11"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4614.xml"
source_hash: "38d57b2dc511099e999251cfa4ad5bea88291a199ef089f0c8cee713385d4cf1"
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 4614 (86) — Relating to the administration, collection, and remittance of the cigarette tax; requiring a permit.

## 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/HB04614I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **116–19** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **116–19** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** 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/42e7e4dd-8d34-4410-bf97-a72924b59a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).