---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing a council on long-term care facilities and to a dispute resolution process regarding those facilities."
description: "Relating to establishing a council on long-term care facilities and to a dispute resolution process regarding those facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1519"
citation: "Texas SB 1519 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "LONG-TERM CARE (S0417)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES COUNCIL (V1264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406513a6-1f9e-4276-a879-9e7e8329f112"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1519.xml"
source_hash: "dd7a04b5911bcb9e2cc0804eafc8788aa1e8baa986b03b471b047ef614bb5970"
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 1519 (86) — Relating to establishing a council on long-term care facilities and to a dispute resolution process regarding those facilities.

## 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/SB01519I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **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** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/406513a6-1f9e-4276-a879-9e7e8329f112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).