---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the municipal court of record of the City of Rowlett."
description: "Relating to the municipal court of record of the City of Rowlett."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4716"
citation: "Texas HB 4716 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ROWLETT", "CITY OF (G0233)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Municipal (I0100)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fca40d3c-0bdb-46ce-b012-7286706ac4e3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04700_HB04799/HB 4716.xml"
source_hash: "7157fd870dcda11b45d4e571ad8084375029f18fd6e7f7f95a46525885236d62"
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 4716 (86) — Relating to the municipal court of record of the City of Rowlett.

## 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/HB04716I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fca40d3c-0bdb-46ce-b012-7286706ac4e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).