---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System."
description: "Relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2963"
citation: "Texas HB 2963 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHEROKEE COUNTY (G0047)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Nichols"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b97004bc-e117-4de4-9cba-bf12a35ea377"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2963.xml"
source_hash: "200e3e3d4f6b38846f3aed6947d619373761ec5df6dc17268d283444433176b5"
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 2963 (86) — Relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.

## 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/HB02963I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage 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`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b97004bc-e117-4de4-9cba-bf12a35ea377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).