---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the ethics of certain public officials, including certain disclosure requirements."
description: "Relating to the ethics of certain public officials, including certain disclosure requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1495"
citation: "Texas HB 1495 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SAN JACINTO RIVER (G0411)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Ethics (I0345)", "J. D. LAMBRIGHT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ETHICS REFORM ACT (P0749)", "LOBBYISTS & LOBBYING (S3141)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 82
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4120194-4dde-42d3-87c2-d3a0ef772f41"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1495.xml"
source_hash: "a6b2a954b3fca1b03f5286c87dd91bf56900d4c786fe128d79d59bb5e37fbf55"
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 1495 (86) — Relating to the ethics of certain public officials, including certain disclosure requirements.

## 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/HB01495I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **96–36** (pass) · lower
- other — **116–11** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **109–28** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — 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 County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2019-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-24** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-24** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-24** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-24** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-24** 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** Point of order overruled
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4120194-4dde-42d3-87c2-d3a0ef772f41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).