---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authority of certain officers of certain counties to disburse or direct payment of county funds for salaries or expenses."
description: "Relating to authority of certain officers of certain counties to disburse or direct payment of county funds for salaries or expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "Texas SB 354 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Lucio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a26c42f0-8448-47f4-bfe3-296c75c2223b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 354.xml"
source_hash: "0dd050450ac2d2a764c575c0b0a8b6a2ffb8fe035950cea1f41c73a230fb93c8"
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 354 (86) — Relating to authority of certain officers of certain counties to disburse or direct payment of county funds for salaries or expenses.

## 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/SB00354I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-15** 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 as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-11** 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`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a26c42f0-8448-47f4-bfe3-296c75c2223b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).