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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the repeal of a statute allowing the county attorney or commissioners court of Brown County to accept gifts or grants to finance or assist the operation of the office of county attorney."
description: "Relating to the repeal of a statute allowing the county attorney or commissioners court of Brown County to accept gifts or grants to finance or assist the operation of the office of county attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Texas HB 356 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROWN COUNTY (G0223)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "GIFTS & DONATIONS (S0122)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6747fa86-d1d1-4e11-98e8-c6dcb888f5f3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 356.xml"
source_hash: "82cb00736bd7558311c6c8cb392e01bb396013e9de87da6c1d76d4f1d33d7504"
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 356 (86) — Relating to the repeal of a statute allowing the county attorney or commissioners court of Brown County to accept gifts or grants to finance or assist the operation of the office of county attorney.
## 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/HB00356I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Lang — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** 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
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** 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
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6747fa86-d1d1-4e11-98e8-c6dcb888f5f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).