---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to ad valorem taxation."
description: "Relating to ad valorem taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "Texas HB 1313 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "King, Phil"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 77
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d7605ba-6523-4382-8197-86560b42b8ae"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1313.xml"
source_hash: "b649a4666cf41ed221aba5ca1f83b42a4690f700e91b0197042ffa3e4b017a3b"
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 1313 (86) — Relating to ad valorem taxation.

## 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/HB01313I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **143–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-17** 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`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **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
- **2019-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **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
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** 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`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d7605ba-6523-4382-8197-86560b42b8ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).