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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the governor's broadband development council."
+description: "Relating to the creation of the governor's broadband development council."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1960"
+citation: "Texas HB 1960 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "GOVERNOR'S BROADBAND COUNCIL (V1190)", "GOVERNOR'S BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (V1247)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Charles \"Doc\"", "Cyrier", "González, Mary", "Perry", "Price"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-19"
+last_action: "2019-05-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da2fa6f6-5520-4e77-96d4-2081177686ef"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1960.xml"
+source_hash: "49c016364f9a41d814ba4ee49ba4622815289d47d17f0b9698dc38402f0d9c53"
+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 1960 (86) — Relating to the creation of the governor's broadband development council.
+
+## 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/HB01960I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **135–9** (pass) · lower
+- other — **127–14** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **127–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — primary (person)
+- Cyrier — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-10** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-25** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da2fa6f6-5520-4e77-96d4-2081177686ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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