---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or commissioners court in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or commissioners court in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 784"
citation: "Texas HB 784 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "EL PASO COUNTY (G0873)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Ordaz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-11-22"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01ad5f85-7973-445e-8368-28e74863ff90"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 784.xml"
source_hash: "6b3086bab8fe9a1309f77f0e49e18132d57cc30bca1016a49c3458ca4cdfeb11"
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 784 (88) — Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or commissioners court in certain counties.

## 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/HB00784I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00784E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00784H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00784S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00784F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–20** (pass) · upper
- passage — **119–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Ordaz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-22** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-30** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-03-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Record vote
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** 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/01ad5f85-7973-445e-8368-28e74863ff90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).