---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to temporary branch polling place hours of operation."
description: "Relating to temporary branch polling place hours of operation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1888"
citation: "Texas HB 1888 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Huffman", "Noble", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a7dae33-6def-4233-8547-806a920c5487"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1888.xml"
source_hash: "6a09c0c76ba645cf0e29ed0899ab077b4d9d9306e9404808a3e8c5be086b4ebe"
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 1888 (86) — Relating to temporary branch polling place hours of operation.

## 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/HB01888I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **91–53** (pass) · lower
- passage — **77–64** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/5a7dae33-6def-4233-8547-806a920c5487`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).