---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the allocation of hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to the allocation of hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1262"
citation: "Texas SB 1262 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAKE RAY HUBBARD (G0581)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed00f01-30c9-4a2c-89ca-20d939f84f4c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1262.xml"
source_hash: "1b71dd97689e181a5f98f0d4a4f1939663263262adf9ff05542271c84c8356ab"
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 SB 1262 (86) — Relating to the allocation of hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by certain municipalities.

## 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/SB01262I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Withdrawn from schedule
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-04** 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/fed00f01-30c9-4a2c-89ca-20d939f84f4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).