---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of funds appropriated for the continuing legal education of certain appointed masters, magistrates, referees, and associate judges."
description: "Relating to the use of funds appropriated for the continuing legal education of certain appointed masters, magistrates, referees, and associate judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 598"
citation: "Texas HB 598 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "MASTERS (S4289)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Price", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fa95baa-e994-41ad-98c9-487325faf2cd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 598.xml"
source_hash: "dc7e8f4a3facfee041edacca1e10d2453165b14f442d78c2ceb141ca84b01783"
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 598 (86) — Relating to the use of funds appropriated for the continuing legal education of certain appointed masters, magistrates, referees, and associate judges.

## 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/HB00598I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Committee report sent to 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
- **2019-04-10** 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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** 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/3fa95baa-e994-41ad-98c9-487325faf2cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).