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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management."
+description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 612"
+citation: "Texas SB 612 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "RISK MANAGEMENT", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0530)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Hall", "Nevárez", "Nichols", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-14"
+last_action: "2019-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b815a5d8-fa9a-41fe-890c-0bd6bf46bc88"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 612.xml"
+source_hash: "9b26edf56b3c208a95e50748a33aeb1ae145cc25e70002200a52544d6de0b80a"
+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 612 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management.
+
+## 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/SB00612I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Nevárez — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-03-27** Record vote
+- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Record vote
+- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-01** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-22** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Record vote
+- **2019-04-29** House passage reported
+- **2019-04-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-04-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-04-30** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** 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/b815a5d8-fa9a-41fe-890c-0bd6bf46bc88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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