---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark by a municipality."
description: "Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark by a municipality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2496"
citation: "Texas HB 2496 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Cole", "Cyrier", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Johnson, Jarvis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dc2e5f6-dfe7-4f9f-9896-51e6388c24bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2496.xml"
source_hash: "cd01912e1f2657d2921a41876388dd1483fecb5f044c58bb007a221739c2b920"
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 2496 (86) — Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark by a municipality.

## 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/HB02496I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **119–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Cole — primary (person)
- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Postponed
- **2019-04-25** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-14** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dc2e5f6-dfe7-4f9f-9896-51e6388c24bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).