---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Military Department."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Military Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1326"
citation: "Texas HB 1326 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "ADJUTANT GENERAL (V8820)", "MILITARY DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0971)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Hall", "Lambert", "Nevárez", "Paddie", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a493704-307f-4016-9eaf-2efdfcf8cc61"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1326.xml"
source_hash: "402cb676c62e2c8bd8fd47dc767c42b34ba9a0bcbff3957dd9126eb9edf15133"
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 HB 1326 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Military Department.

## 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/HB01326I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **137–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flynn — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Nevárez — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Record vote
- **2019-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** 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/7a493704-307f-4016-9eaf-2efdfcf8cc61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).