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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to oversight of and requirements applicable to state agency contracting and procurement."
+description: "Relating to oversight of and requirements applicable to state agency contracting and procurement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 65"
+citation: "Texas SB 65 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "LOBBYISTS & LOBBYING (S3141)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0027)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Nelson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6425ce78-1383-477c-8b07-deea66b5a74f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 65.xml"
+source_hash: "957baeed4080a74f8adc6f1125ab9fc12a16ddbdd2b11b52895590de471eced7"
+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 65 (86) — Relating to oversight of and requirements applicable to state agency contracting and procurement.
+
+## 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/SB00065I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Geren — primary (person)
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-01** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-14** 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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Read
+- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** 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/6425ce78-1383-477c-8b07-deea66b5a74f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+