---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the assistance and technology fund and use of money in the fund."
description: "Relating to the assistance and technology fund and use of money in the fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1840"
citation: "Texas SB 1840 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--General (I0160)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Murr"]
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/3b21b586-96bd-468c-a82d-d780a1adf308"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1840.xml"
source_hash: "6be6c479a31fd80b85efb5927024b662c0d0dd8484d25e77464e3257990be0ac"
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 1840 (86) — Relating to the assistance and technology fund and use of money in the fund.

## 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/SB01840I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Murr — 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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **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 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** 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/3b21b586-96bd-468c-a82d-d780a1adf308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).