---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Lubbock County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, to employ and commission peace officers."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Lubbock County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, to employ and commission peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "Texas SB 319 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LUBBOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0109)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/add34cec-28cc-46b2-9ab2-804030f50f99"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 319.xml"
source_hash: "27439f8508836e86991f50503504f9bab2448e142aa517418700117a1b58ff5f"
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 319 (86) — Relating to the authority of the Lubbock County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, to employ and commission peace officers.

## 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/SB00319I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frullo — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-08** 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
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-13** Record vote
- **2019-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Record vote
- **2019-03-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** House passage reported
- **2019-05-01** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-02** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-02** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/add34cec-28cc-46b2-9ab2-804030f50f99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).