---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions."
description: "Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Texas HB 477 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "BONDS (S6060)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "González, Mary", "Metcalf", "Murphy", "Paul"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 65
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3708ad4d-2300-463d-8328-66483afc945f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 477.xml"
source_hash: "1959ccadcd9f19bdeb5477b3c6251636997f3b6e77804d54521cdaaf070dfb87"
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 477 (86) — Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations 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/HB00477I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–4** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **138–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-06** 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
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** 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
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **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/3708ad4d-2300-463d-8328-66483afc945f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).