republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-519.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to honey production operations and the harvesting and packaging of honey and honeycomb."
description: "Relating to honey production operations and the harvesting and packaging of honey and honeycomb."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 519"
citation: "Texas HB 519 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "FOOD (S0761)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PACKAGING & LABELING REQUIREMENTS (S0339)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5c23cb-411c-494d-81f9-27a8a357f3c7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 519.xml"
source_hash: "642dced297bd7466cd44b18b5466760ee3144d80e8eb1c3b143eb4d96de20139"
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 519 (89R) — Relating to honey production operations and the harvesting and packaging of honey and honeycomb.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00519I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00519E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00519H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00519S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00519F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **105–32** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-03** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-03-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-25** Returned to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef5c23cb-411c-494d-81f9-27a8a357f3c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).