---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to training by the Texas Department of Transportation on the recognition and prevention of smuggling and trafficking of persons."
description: "Relating to training by the Texas Department of Transportation on the recognition and prevention of smuggling and trafficking of persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1593"
citation: "Texas SB 1593 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "State Employees (I0626)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85bc02a9-b01f-464c-b08d-8debf8462624"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1593.xml"
source_hash: "49ea982c0ae43c7b056e7bdc9afb2d8863f82b9992d45498d490b36d91218065"
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 1593 (86) — Relating to training by the Texas Department of Transportation on the recognition and prevention of smuggling and trafficking of persons.

## 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/SB01593I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — 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 Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **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** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** 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** House passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/85bc02a9-b01f-464c-b08d-8debf8462624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).