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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board."
+description: "Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 607"
+citation: "Texas SB 607 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing--General (I0405)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE COMMISSIONER (V0152)", "STATE GUARD", "TEXAS (V6397)", "VETERANS' LAND BOARD (V1026)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Flynn", "Nichols", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83107edf-23e1-46fc-91f9-a854f6e7464e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 607.xml"
+source_hash: "36a3ae27d2cad1190c70157ee128c2e3921ed0b91e21347c37dd29b95db606f1"
+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 607 (86) — Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board.
+
+## 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/86R/billtext/html/SB00607I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Flynn — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-08** 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
+- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-20** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-03-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-03-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-03-20** Record vote
+- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-20** Record vote
+- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-28** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-25** Postponed
+- **2019-04-25** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-04-25** Postponed
+- **2019-04-26** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-29** Record vote
+- **2019-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-30** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Read
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-07** 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/83107edf-23e1-46fc-91f9-a854f6e7464e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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