---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to human trafficking signs at certain transportation hubs."
description: "Relating to human trafficking signs at certain transportation hubs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1219"
citation: "Texas SB 1219 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Transportation--Aviation (I0822)", "Transportation--Mass Transit (I0823)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "Transportation--Railroads (I0821)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df85415-2af4-4212-a834-a94968ebb9a2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1219.xml"
source_hash: "4834fc7a5aa0a9a3a45bc7d809e4c6a2befee56f918dd141e405de06c38cc37e"
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 1219 (86) — Relating to human trafficking signs at certain transportation hubs.

## 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/SB01219I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — 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`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-01** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/4df85415-2af4-4212-a834-a94968ebb9a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).