---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county commissioner in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county commissioner in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1927"
citation: "Texas HB 1927 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herrero", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888f8480-3c5a-4409-a62b-522b55919ec9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1927.xml"
source_hash: "8e261299d97473951f0066d4cd31a10c648bb6b0bed7c73b7c1cf543cab7f471"
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 1927 (86) — Relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county commissioner in certain counties.

## 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/HB01927I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-30** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** 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
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/888f8480-3c5a-4409-a62b-522b55919ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).