---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the purposes for which a municipality or county may issue an anticipation note or certificate of obligation."
description: "Relating to the purposes for which a municipality or county may issue an anticipation note or certificate of obligation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4082"
citation: "Texas HB 4082 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Goldman", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9f49cf-4557-4824-8e43-e1e514c90181"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4082.xml"
source_hash: "5a13e7b861066e12a51c6e0b258e6d1f46b007c09ab562004fe0e6ab37eb97c4"
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 4082 (88) — Relating to the purposes for which a municipality or county may issue an anticipation note or certificate of obligation.

## 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/HB04082I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04082E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04082H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04082S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04082F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–10** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **122–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Postponed
- **2023-05-03** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-05-03** Postponed
- **2023-05-03** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/ad9f49cf-4557-4824-8e43-e1e514c90181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).