---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the definition of debt for the purposes of calculating certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit."
description: "Relating to the definition of debt for the purposes of calculating certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1869"
citation: "Texas HB 1869 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEBT (S0116)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Bonnen", "Burrows", "Middleton", "Tinderholt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 99
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9923889a-81e7-4c77-8dbb-b09575b135f2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1869.xml"
source_hash: "edf2eca42fced7d51d480578370c5aedf5775d6a1f32ae078619983bc19bca0d"
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 1869 (87) — Relating to the definition of debt for the purposes of calculating certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01869I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01869E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01869H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01869S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01869F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **111–29** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- other — **72–67** (fail) · upper
- passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Tinderholt — primary (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-12** Amendment(s) considered in committee
- **2021-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-21** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Postponed
- **2021-05-04** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-04** Postponed
- **2021-05-04** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-04** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Postponed
- **2021-05-05** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-05** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** Motion to instruct conferees
- **2021-05-28** Motion prevails
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees with instructions
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees w/inst-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9923889a-81e7-4c77-8dbb-b09575b135f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).