---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered by certified mail or electronic mail."
description: "Relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered by certified mail or electronic mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1060"
citation: "Texas HB 1060 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Kolkhorst", "Metcalf", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae94f3f-82de-4cbd-8203-f338320bc43e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1060.xml"
source_hash: "01d57c267fc9e0012c687904cebada72e8efdf5a991578db3e9c5d50efbe1cd4"
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 1060 (86) — Relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered by certified mail or electronic mail.

## 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/HB01060I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/4ae94f3f-82de-4cbd-8203-f338320bc43e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).