---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas."
description: "Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 493"
citation: "Texas SB 493 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing--General (I0405)", "HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Alvarado", "Farrar", "Morales", "Rodriguez", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e34a686b-094e-439f-9af0-95129c8d7d50"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 493.xml"
source_hash: "c4dbd631b62d2d9238411b03109197191363af040ce38ffa319fe0facdee1fe5"
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 493 (86) — Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas.

## 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/SB00493I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Farrar — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/e34a686b-094e-439f-9af0-95129c8d7d50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).