---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "Texas HB 71 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Transportation--Mass Transit (I0823)", "BONDS (S6060)", "COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Lucio", "Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f907204d-2c3f-4662-9ad4-7f3d5e8856ee"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 71.xml"
source_hash: "6156bba0f3e8e70afde7308b5b3298f330d0920d5d389e51aafbabd2263d94ab"
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 71 (86) — Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense.

## 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/HB00071I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **108–37** (pass) · lower
- passage — **119–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f907204d-2c3f-4662-9ad4-7f3d5e8856ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).