---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "Texas SB 385 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAKE LEWISVILLE (G0386)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Tourism (I0817)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holland", "Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b19895b7-b724-4bd0-843c-e918fce0db0a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 385.xml"
source_hash: "b74c78a15201814f275b1a3a7de94514cf11d173d0cefe6a140b0fc10298b23f"
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 SB 385 (86) — Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

## 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/SB00385I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Holland — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **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 Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-05-20** 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/b19895b7-b724-4bd0-843c-e918fce0db0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).