---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of a statewide alert system for missing military members."
description: "Relating to the creation of a statewide alert system for missing military members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 833"
citation: "Texas HB 833 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "ALERT SYSTEM (S0523)", "MISSING PERSONS (S0242)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Hernandez", "Menéndez", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3840cd88-8288-47e7-bc81-3ca8effada55"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 833.xml"
source_hash: "93e653993e8616fd31ee8e23ee0a6eeebafd4c0405dcf29351ce49299c86ead7"
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 833 (86) — Relating to the creation of a statewide alert system for missing military members.

## 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/HB00833I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flynn — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** 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 General 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed as amended `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`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** 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/3840cd88-8288-47e7-bc81-3ca8effada55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).