---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a study and pilot program regarding the use of incentives to purchase certain fruits or vegetables under the supplemental nutrition assistance program."
description: "Relating to a study and pilot program regarding the use of incentives to purchase certain fruits or vegetables under the supplemental nutrition assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1834"
citation: "Texas SB 1834 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services--Food Programs (I0910)", "NUTRITION (S0623)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Collier", "Rodriguez", "Rose", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ced0b3e5-c55b-43ad-9a03-96b7d1c41d05"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1834.xml"
source_hash: "02e90aca2dab423a4622fd1b31580a94d05a03e5695a00f958a2685cad65fea4"
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 1834 (86) — Relating to a study and pilot program regarding the use of incentives to purchase certain fruits or vegetables under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

## 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/SB01834I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **88–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (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 Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-23** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-25** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** 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/ced0b3e5-c55b-43ad-9a03-96b7d1c41d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).