---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the building products, materials, or methods used in the construction or renovation of residential or commercial buildings."
description: "Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the building products, materials, or methods used in the construction or renovation of residential or commercial buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2439"
citation: "Texas HB 2439 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)", "CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING MATERIALS (S0106)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "HISTORICAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0238)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Collier", "Phelan", "Rodriguez", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c531874f-5b15-43bf-a028-00d4645b38e8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2439.xml"
source_hash: "2a5751312302b8a2289d8ad694f9cf401e6c4c069e3b7aa2835963e1a3cb7440"
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 2439 (86) — Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the building products, materials, or methods used in the construction or renovation of residential or commercial buildings.

## 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/HB02439I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–9** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **133–9** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **130–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **124–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** 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/c531874f-5b15-43bf-a028-00d4645b38e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).