---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of the display of signs containing political advertising."
description: "Relating to regulation of the display of signs containing political advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2554"
citation: "Texas HB 2554 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Elections--Campaign Financing (I0290)", "Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Highways (I0390)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)", "Property Interests--Property Owners Association (I0618)", "ADVERTISING (S2680)", "SIGNS (S0235)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/630907a9-564a-4366-ab23-3a7f178597f7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2554.xml"
source_hash: "3f7709bee992305090b28e26ea2f1238e5dba065719cf9b3a0c2fafbeb55ab0c"
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 2554 (86) — Relating to regulation of the display of signs containing political advertising.

## 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/HB02554I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** 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** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** 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/630907a9-564a-4366-ab23-3a7f178597f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).