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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain full-time peace officers in this state."
+description: "Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain full-time peace officers in this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 16"
+citation: "Texas SB 16 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "King, Phil", "Meyer", "Minjarez", "Stucky", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e41b0e3-73a3-4db1-8717-b9a9a1163c44"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 16.xml"
+source_hash: "07a8b7ee6dfd5b818308d608238d848452beff1ed42f13a7c0773bcacd4ae773"
+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 16 (86) — Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain full-time peace officers in this state.
+
+## 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/SB00016I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **132–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-17** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Read
+- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** 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/8e41b0e3-73a3-4db1-8717-b9a9a1163c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+