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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the School Land Board."
+description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the School Land Board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 608"
+citation: "Texas SB 608 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND (S0407)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE COMMISSIONER (V0152)", "SCHOOL LAND BOARD (V0103)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Nichols", "Paddie", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/081dd886-b0b6-47ab-a86d-565abf8d30ea"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 608.xml"
+source_hash: "a2f56364ceaf021ac35c69fdf02525e7fd4d978fac3d1482d9064d20da5e676b"
+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 608 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the School Land 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/SB00608I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — 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 Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-29** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-29** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-30** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-30** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-30** Record vote
+- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-30** Record vote
+- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-02** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on Major 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** 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/081dd886-b0b6-47ab-a86d-565abf8d30ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+