---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to factors the Texas Historical Commission considers in reviewing an application for a grant or loan through the historic courthouse preservation program."
description: "Relating to factors the Texas Historical Commission considers in reviewing an application for a grant or loan through the historic courthouse preservation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "Texas SB 496 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Finance (I0062)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "Taxation--Property-Miscellaneous (I0797)", "COUNTY COURTHOUSES (S0506)", "HISTORICAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0238)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murr", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0712734a-1739-45bb-ab7f-4d5f315ef3ea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 496.xml"
source_hash: "4066f8a7074c9bd343bf9208d918ff6b0fccc8f0865dc1177a00894ed2593a46"
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 496 (86) — Relating to factors the Texas Historical Commission considers in reviewing an application for a grant or loan through the historic courthouse preservation program.

## 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/SB00496I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Murr — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (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 Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-14** 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 Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/0712734a-1739-45bb-ab7f-4d5f315ef3ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).