---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of street lights along county roads in the unincorporated area of certain counties."
description: "Relating to the establishment of street lights along county roads in the unincorporated area of certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3714"
citation: "Texas HB 3714 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Roads (I0099)", "LIGHTING (S0126)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Nelson", "Parker", "Patterson", "Stucky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/645a8429-2042-4dc5-8c15-57ed5f6e6c0d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3714.xml"
source_hash: "0d16afea0f8d817f61fd64607fc7fcf138bb1b707f347d47c255ae6357fef95e"
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 3714 (86) — Relating to the establishment of street lights along county roads in the unincorporated area of 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/HB03714I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- other — **140–2** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent 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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** 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
- **2019-05-25** 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/645a8429-2042-4dc5-8c15-57ed5f6e6c0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).