---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a pilot program for assisting certain recipients of public benefits to gain permanent self-sufficiency."
description: "Relating to a pilot program for assisting certain recipients of public benefits to gain permanent self-sufficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1483"
citation: "Texas HB 1483 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services--Direct Assistance (I0900)", "Human Services--Food Programs (I0910)", "Labor--Wages (I0485)", "TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (S0401)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deshotel", "Frank", "Goldman", "Miller", "Perry", "Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42a6de6-e05d-4d03-8d00-5eb9266ed008"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1483.xml"
source_hash: "1a445ca294d0759bc00939a451c12a0cccb4ad8c5385e25f0d74b9f90e0bb5e8"
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 1483 (86) — Relating to a pilot program for assisting certain recipients of public benefits to gain permanent self-sufficiency.

## 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/HB01483I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-08** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-16** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-27** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b42a6de6-e05d-4d03-8d00-5eb9266ed008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).