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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense."
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description: "Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 71"
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citation: "Texas HB 71 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Transportation--Mass Transit (I0823)", "BONDS (S6060)", "COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Lucio", "Martinez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-11-12"
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last_action: "2019-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f907204d-2c3f-4662-9ad4-7f3d5e8856ee"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 71.xml"
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source_hash: "6156bba0f3e8e70afde7308b5b3298f330d0920d5d389e51aafbabd2263d94ab"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 71 (86) — Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00071I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **108–37** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **119–20** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Lucio — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-04-08** Record vote
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- **2019-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-09** Record vote
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- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-10** Record vote
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- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-10** Record vote
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- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-10** Record vote
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- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-10** Record vote
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- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f907204d-2c3f-4662-9ad4-7f3d5e8856ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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