---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the residency requirement to be eligible for public office."
description: "Relating to the residency requirement to be eligible for public office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 831"
citation: "Texas HB 831 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS (S0266)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Huffman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1032914f-3222-4991-a500-d87e3fdac0b4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 831.xml"
source_hash: "ff9f716bf3d28875700388747fd5ebdd8b2eb29f8344a85ee2d1f3c4ad890ba9"
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 831 (86) — Relating to the residency requirement to be eligible for public office.

## 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/HB00831I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huberty — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Motion to table withdrawn
- **2019-05-07** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Postponed
- **2019-05-08** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-08** Postponed
- **2019-05-08** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-08** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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 on 1/1/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1032914f-3222-4991-a500-d87e3fdac0b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).