---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to information a municipality may consider in determining the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees."
description: "Relating to information a municipality may consider in determining the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 852"
citation: "Texas HB 852 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (V1040)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Guillen", "Harris", "Holland", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd2a0dc5-b3a6-4c67-a740-b98ac3b3af66"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 852.xml"
source_hash: "1146e11c699cd36edaedfaace366cfe04e510981a4116303e06de38b2689924f"
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 852 (86) — Relating to information a municipality may consider in determining the amount of certain building permit and inspection fees.

## 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/HB00852I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **126–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-15** Record vote
- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-08** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-09** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-09** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd2a0dc5-b3a6-4c67-a740-b98ac3b3af66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).