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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing the Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, to impose a sales and use tax."
description: "Relating to authorizing the Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, to impose a sales and use tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Texas HB 279 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MIDLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0049)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Seliger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1170c1a-9968-4652-8b58-69013c9575d1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 279.xml"
source_hash: "67a7e1b1c25e7daf666bbdd6b990430e709c34318670014ce4f2f29920b17e5f"
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 279 (86) — Relating to authorizing the Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, to impose a sales and use tax.
## 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/HB00279I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Craddick — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** 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 immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1170c1a-9968-4652-8b58-69013c9575d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).