---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products."
description: "Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Texas SB 21 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Tobacco Products (I0818)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchia", "Campbell", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Johnson", "Kolkhorst", "Nelson", "Oliverson", "Perry", "Sheffield", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Watson", "Zaffirini", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 80
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85dd7399-e52a-4289-896a-73b641ff4116"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 21.xml"
source_hash: "e2947ef74b406b95e96c968ea65d549846533319a4825447913cf67a399d4f22"
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 21 (86) — Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products.

## 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/SB00021I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **110–36** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anchia — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Sarah — cosponsor (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-06** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Point of order overruled
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-15** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-15** Point of order overruled
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-15** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/85dd7399-e52a-4289-896a-73b641ff4116`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).