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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission."
+description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 601"
+citation: "Texas SB 601 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Flynn", "Hall", "Nichols", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 74
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1647502c-fc53-46b8-9a89-9d84367f0e6a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 601.xml"
+source_hash: "457d6798189a5082643f618904ca30cb7c9915053d123ce0d6f0c1cf4fb70055"
+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 601 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission.
+
+## 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/SB00601I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
+- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Flynn — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-04** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-04-04** Record vote
+- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-04** Record vote
+- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Record vote
+- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-08** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-14** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read
+- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
+- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-28** 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/1647502c-fc53-46b8-9a89-9d84367f0e6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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