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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the provision of educational materials regarding disease prevention during a disaster."
+description: "Relating to the provision of educational materials regarding disease prevention during a disaster."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 239"
+citation: "Texas SB 239 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Powell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-12-10"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/819e8149-0f20-4138-bf51-9963d8779870"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 239.xml"
+source_hash: "16842afcebed4583040daf16bfe371ad0d2c8d58ef6a9b41bebe102fed872602"
+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 239 (87) — Relating to the provision of educational materials regarding disease prevention during a disaster.
+
+## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00239I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00239E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00239H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00239S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00239F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Powell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2020-12-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-20** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
+- **2021-05-26** Objections withdrawn
+- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Constitutional three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/819e8149-0f20-4138-bf51-9963d8779870`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+