---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain full-time peace officers in this state."
description: "Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain full-time peace officers in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Texas SB 16 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "King, Phil", "Meyer", "Minjarez", "Stucky", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e41b0e3-73a3-4db1-8717-b9a9a1163c44"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 16.xml"
source_hash: "07a8b7ee6dfd5b818308d608238d848452beff1ed42f13a7c0773bcacd4ae773"
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 16 (86) — Relating to a student loan repayment assistance program for certain full-time peace officers in this state.

## 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/SB00016I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **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/8e41b0e3-73a3-4db1-8717-b9a9a1163c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).