---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to motor fuel taxes applicable to gasoline and diesel fuel within the bulk transfer system."
description: "Relating to motor fuel taxes applicable to gasoline and diesel fuel within the bulk transfer system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3954"
citation: "Texas HB 3954 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Taxation--Motor Fuels (I0809)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a1eb538-944e-43c3-b060-7183fcb855ce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3954.xml"
source_hash: "8484737ca72332ad259a7d2ce3cc0e44ffc3bee442d07c109168a96ec60012c2"
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 3954 (86) — Relating to motor fuel taxes applicable to gasoline and diesel fuel within the bulk transfer 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/HB03954I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** 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
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/0a1eb538-944e-43c3-b060-7183fcb855ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).