---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the exchange of certain state property in Orange County by the Public Safety Commission."
description: "Relating to the exchange of certain state property in Orange County by the Public Safety Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1213"
citation: "Texas SB 1213 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ORANGE COUNTY (G0150)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)", "PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION (V8707)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nichols", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea727855-5a72-43a1-acd6-74220ca264ae"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1213.xml"
source_hash: "4d1c65ba27984faf0380b281ace981d6c6275cf110378d90272fc538dba6026b"
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 1213 (86) — Relating to the exchange of certain state property in Orange County by the Public Safety Commission.

## 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/SB01213I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Nichols — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea727855-5a72-43a1-acd6-74220ca264ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).