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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs."
+description: "Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 68"
+citation: "Texas SB 68 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature (I0520)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Schaefer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b3ff95-0582-4ffc-ace1-d251b72a77a3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 68.xml"
+source_hash: "93e971e936261165c9adbbe86b676da7932826f81a6e567f7981fcf737a1868c"
+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 68 (86) — Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs.
+
+## 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/SB00068I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Schaefer — primary (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- West — 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
+- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-16** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-05-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **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
+- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-23** Read
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-25** 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 immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89b3ff95-0582-4ffc-ace1-d251b72a77a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+