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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to ballot language requirements for a proposition seeking voter approval for the issuance of bonds."
description: "Relating to ballot language requirements for a proposition seeking voter approval for the issuance of bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Texas SB 30 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities (I0241)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "BONDS (S6060)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Longoria", "Metcalf", "Phelan", "Sanford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 82
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29537d3f-b3c4-4065-9767-35c59dbfb64c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 30.xml"
source_hash: "99c3cd3953f3db79a3f3b804ddbb0d1c112d30d3c939edc24b8e8aaa7dfb63cc"
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 SB 30 (86) — Relating to ballot language requirements for a proposition seeking voter approval for the issuance of bonds.
## 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/SB00030I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1375** (pass) · lower
- other — **1358** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-10** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Postponed
- **2019-05-21** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Corrected Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/29537d3f-b3c4-4065-9767-35c59dbfb64c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).