---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the effect of certain agreements with a collective bargaining organization on certain state-funded public work contracts."
description: "Relating to the effect of certain agreements with a collective bargaining organization on certain state-funded public work contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 985"
citation: "Texas HB 985 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Parker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4223081-00b1-4900-8757-4304aa13a561"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 985.xml"
source_hash: "c3bd86c9e3b64cba78d9e47f12da938b4fc389c961b36afebfd44a382f0cd8d9"
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 985 (86) — Relating to the effect of certain agreements with a collective bargaining organization on certain state-funded public work contracts.

## 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/HB00985I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **93–54** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/e4223081-00b1-4900-8757-4304aa13a561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).