---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2273"
citation: "Texas HB 2273 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "GALVESTON COUNTY (G0052)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Leo Wilson", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f1f10da-cbb2-4dc3-abe2-6a39bbce661e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2273.xml"
source_hash: "f0663c7046ed1e7e133b396c9bb49395bb32276f6a4f627de3d7919d09243bd5"
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 2273 (89R) — Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge in certain counties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02273I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02273E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02273H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02273S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02273F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **134–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-07** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-04-07** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-15** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f1f10da-cbb2-4dc3-abe2-6a39bbce661e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).