---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the application of statutes that classify political subdivisions according to population."
description: "Relating to the application of statutes that classify political subdivisions according to population."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4559"
citation: "Texas HB 4559 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf0355b6-a6f5-4a5a-8fb3-eb6888862e82"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4559.xml"
source_hash: "69ddee05dfcbfff50e8bc6a242c6047393e45e620b889a3d07cc0ce111d02ce0"
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 4559 (88) — Relating to the application of statutes that classify political subdivisions according to population.

## 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/HB04559I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04559E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04559H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04559S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04559F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-21** Calendars Committee rule adopted
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Redistricting, Special `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-12** 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/bf0355b6-a6f5-4a5a-8fb3-eb6888862e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).