---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transportation of horse meat."
description: "Relating to the transportation of horse meat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3419"
citation: "Texas HB 3419 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD (S0761)", "HORSES (S0193)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Hefner", "Manuel", "Schaefer", "Springer", "Toth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77ef674f-2256-4e5a-8669-1f20f7e980e8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3419.xml"
source_hash: "c2cd50772dc8a049f63b469bd8f2c651cbb39bbad460728240eb7c047bd8c90b"
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 3419 (88) — Relating to the transportation of horse meat.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03419I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03419E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03419H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03419S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03419F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Manuel — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77ef674f-2256-4e5a-8669-1f20f7e980e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).