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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Department of Transportation for certain employees responding to emergencies or disasters."
+description: "Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Department of Transportation for certain employees responding to emergencies or disasters."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 537"
+citation: "Texas SB 537 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "FOOD (S0761)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Thompson, Ed"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc94dae5-f1e5-4b0f-bacb-90428e61f5b3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 537.xml"
+source_hash: "8e02d53b43d2cc6d8f5132bd2caa5bb6c86d8fbfa18455e9416d4f5885cd3a56"
+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 537 (86) — Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Department of Transportation for certain employees responding to emergencies or disasters.
+
+## 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/SB00537I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-01-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-13** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-03-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-03-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-03-25** Record vote
+- **2019-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-25** Record vote
+- **2019-03-25** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-28** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-17** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Record vote
+- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-23** House passage reported
+- **2019-04-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-04-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-04-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-04-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-01** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc94dae5-f1e5-4b0f-bacb-90428e61f5b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+