---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to awarding certain medals for military service performed individually or as part of a crew."
description: "Relating to awarding certain medals for military service performed individually or as part of a crew."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1597"
citation: "Texas SB 1597 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "AWARDS", "MEDALS", "PRIZES (S0129)", "ADJUTANT GENERAL (V8820)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Shine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5b5ad2b-146e-4ff2-b360-60a590ced78a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1597.xml"
source_hash: "3d68fee8a3f49a8007225b20e7d3a592e951874d0b82deba124e5a212eb919dc"
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 1597 (86) — Relating to awarding certain medals for military service performed individually or as part of a crew.

## 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/SB01597I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **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 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/f5b5ad2b-146e-4ff2-b360-60a590ced78a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).