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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a competitive and integrated employment initiative for certain Medicaid recipients."
+description: "Relating to a competitive and integrated employment initiative for certain Medicaid recipients."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 50"
+citation: "Texas SB 50 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--General (I0920)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Neave", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-11-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1cb97f-e600-42cc-930e-252071390157"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 50.xml"
+source_hash: "09056908bde392fa5e534b1081647a11dda252c268bf6344bf116d50fd3fde7f"
+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 50 (87) — Relating to a competitive and integrated employment initiative for certain Medicaid recipients.
+
+## 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/SB00050I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00050E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00050H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00050S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00050F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **110–33** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Neave — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-26** Record vote
+- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-26** Record vote
+- **2021-04-26** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-30** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/2b1cb97f-e600-42cc-930e-252071390157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+