type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
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| Bill |
Relating to the payment of wages by an employer through a payroll card account. |
Relating to the payment of wages by an employer through a payroll card account. |
us/states/tx |
Texas Legislature |
86 |
HB 2240 |
Texas HB 2240 (86) |
|
| Labor--General (I0500) |
| Labor--Wages (I0485) |
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enacted |
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1 |
45 |
0 |
2019-02-22 |
2019-05-29 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/cf950978-cf2b-4e87-9c30-33fd2e9b6d52 |
ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2240.xml |
5def08b77fe8f5fc59a70ecafc0cfcbfcadce0aeb1796abb8e93aee588de449f |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
|
Texas HB 2240 (86) — Relating to the payment of wages by an employer through a payroll card account.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Cain — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-22 Filed
filing
- 2019-03-06 Read first time
introduction, reading-1
- 2019-03-06 Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
referral-committee
- 2019-03-18 Considered in public hearing
- 2019-03-18 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- 2019-03-18 Left pending in committee
- 2019-04-02 Considered in formal meeting
- 2019-04-02 Committee substitute considered in committee
- 2019-04-02 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
referral-committee
- 2019-04-02 Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
- 2019-04-12 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- 2019-04-15 Committee report distributed
- 2019-04-15 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- 2019-04-30 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- 2019-05-03 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- 2019-05-03 Read 2nd time
reading-2
- 2019-05-03 Passed to engrossment
- 2019-05-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3
- 2019-05-03 Passed
passage
- 2019-05-03 Record vote
- 2019-05-03 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- 2019-05-04 Reported engrossed
- 2019-05-06 Received from the House
introduction
- 2019-05-06 Read first time
introduction, reading-1
- 2019-05-06 Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
referral-committee
- 2019-05-09 Considered in public hearing
- 2019-05-09 Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
- 2019-05-09 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- 2019-05-09 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 on 9/1/19
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf950978-cf2b-4e87-9c30-33fd2e9b6d52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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