---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain government contracts with companies that boycott Israel."
description: "Relating to certain government contracts with companies that boycott Israel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 793"
citation: "Texas HB 793 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ISRAEL (G0257)", "Purchasing--General (I0642)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Davis, Sarah", "Goldman", "King, Phil", "Oliverson", "Parker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/809ff797-1a7e-4c01-b8c6-98e425e8825d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 793.xml"
source_hash: "010c2ab2ddc6ac87ddbeec5aaeb849c78676758a4c745f961fb0aba4fe2b6463"
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 793 (86) — Relating to certain government contracts with companies that boycott Israel.

## 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/HB00793I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to State Affairs `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
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-03** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/809ff797-1a7e-4c01-b8c6-98e425e8825d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).