---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the deposit and allocation of certain funds to the horse industry escrow account and to the maximum balance of that account."
description: "Relating to the deposit and allocation of certain funds to the horse industry escrow account and to the maximum balance of that account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2463"
citation: "Texas HB 2463 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "ESCROW (S5353)", "HORSE RACING (S0512)", "HORSES (S0193)", "PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING (S0515)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "RACING COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0514)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King, Tracy O.", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db38903-6712-4a8f-8480-01ecc68fed21"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2463.xml"
source_hash: "7fdc2146acd246ac4d18ba2357f01b21c917baf52c95901baebf25ded1fb4fb2"
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 2463 (86) — Relating to the deposit and allocation of certain funds to the horse industry escrow account and to the maximum balance of that account.

## 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/HB02463I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **99–42** (pass) · lower
- other — **99–42** (fail) · upper
- passage — **91–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** 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`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **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 `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **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** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** 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/9db38903-6712-4a8f-8480-01ecc68fed21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).