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Bill Relating to the right of a member of the public to address the governing body of a political subdivision at an open meeting of the body. Relating to the right of a member of the public to address the governing body of a political subdivision at an open meeting of the body. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 86 HB 2840 Texas HB 2840 (86)
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City Government--General (I0060)
County Government--General (I0096)
Elections--Administration (I0277)
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Political Subdivisions (I0588)
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Canales
Guerra
Guillen
Hughes
Raymond
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Texas HB 2840 (86) — Relating to the right of a member of the public to address the governing body of a political subdivision at an open meeting of the body.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source

Votes

  • passage — 1383 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Canales — primary (person)
  • Guerra — primary (person)
  • Guillen — primary (person)
  • Hughes — primary (person)
  • Raymond — primary (person)
  • Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-03-01 Filed filing
  • 2019-03-12 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-03-12 Referred to County Affairs referral-committee
  • 2019-04-01 Posting rule suspended
  • 2019-04-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-04-04 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2019-04-04 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-04-16 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2019-04-16 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2019-04-22 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2019-04-22 Committee report distributed
  • 2019-04-22 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2019-04-29 Considered in Calendars
  • 2019-05-01 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2019-05-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-05-02 Passed to engrossment
  • 2019-05-02 Record vote
  • 2019-05-02 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 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
  • 2019-05-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-05-10 Referred to Business & Commerce referral-committee
  • 2019-05-15 Posting rule suspended
  • 2019-05-16 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-05-16 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-16 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-05-17 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-20 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2019-05-20 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-20 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-05-20 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2019-05-22 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-05-22 Laid before the Senate
  • 2019-05-22 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2019-05-22 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-22 Three day rule suspended
  • 2019-05-22 Record vote
  • 2019-05-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-05-22 Passed passage
  • 2019-05-22 Record vote
  • 2019-05-23 Senate passage reported
  • 2019-05-23 Reported enrolled
  • 2019-05-24 Signed in the House
  • 2019-05-25 Signed in the Senate
  • 2019-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-06-10 Effective on 9/1/19 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3b824d1-b20d-4a03-bb54-974622cdf6b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).