---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal specialty license plates."
description: "Relating to the issuance of Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal specialty license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1806"
citation: "Texas SB 1806 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Vehicle Registration (I0845)", "AWARDS", "MEDALS", "PRIZES (S0129)", "LICENSE PLATES (S9823)", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4590c170-1464-42f3-be21-a39b40108779"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1806.xml"
source_hash: "b1d6ccdea59a2842d05f34e966ef1bd00149ca81f52b6280df6608527c7acef4"
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 1806 (86) — Relating to the issuance of Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal specialty license plates.

## 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/SB01806I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** 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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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/4590c170-1464-42f3-be21-a39b40108779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).