---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to meetings for certain special purpose districts."
description: "Relating to meetings for certain special purpose districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Texas SB 239 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Nelson", "Patterson", "Stucky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d4dac6-ee97-4b20-a627-6037fb07d8e6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 239.xml"
source_hash: "145b1e72a21e791204b968fce07f0b223a6980b6f81fa16d12a6d88ba8a37db5"
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 239 (86) — Relating to meetings for certain special purpose districts.

## 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/SB00239I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Patterson — 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 Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** House passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** 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/71d4dac6-ee97-4b20-a627-6037fb07d8e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).