---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the allocation of expenses of a joint election to certain school districts."
description: "Relating to the allocation of expenses of a joint election to certain school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2778"
citation: "Texas HB 2778 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--School District (I0283)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "King, Tracy O."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5d2b6ae-701e-4904-b725-69dcdd66ed5b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2778.xml"
source_hash: "c4c9f5941f5d2b7fb8810da85f9c099c3093fb751b166f8d00db3a2bf66082e0"
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 2778 (86) — Relating to the allocation of expenses of a joint election to certain school districts.

## 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/HB02778I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **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
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5d2b6ae-701e-4904-b725-69dcdd66ed5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).