---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district."
description: "Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "Texas SB 235 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (U0022)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Stucky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/172009a8-47b6-41fa-8921-1f231f75ade1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 235.xml"
source_hash: "5b864c680fa8ccb2a199abc68f53121d5b566aabe7bb9cfc8260e9c5a7640ddb"
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 235 (86) — Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district.

## 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/SB00235I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** 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`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/172009a8-47b6-41fa-8921-1f231f75ade1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).