---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to legislative oversight of deferred maintenance projects."
description: "Relating to legislative oversight of deferred maintenance projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Texas SB 401 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "GOVERNMENT FACILITIES", "JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON (V1171)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrier", "Hancock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61cfb4d4-0146-48b6-a263-59df71ee4e75"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 401.xml"
source_hash: "583a3385cc0f7a635c12e3c86e6715b05b8c7bd2ab6983fa6294948af1bb9d1e"
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 401 (86) — Relating to legislative oversight of deferred maintenance projects.

## 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/SB00401I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-19** Record vote
- **2019-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Record vote
- **2019-03-19** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to House Administration `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`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61cfb4d4-0146-48b6-a263-59df71ee4e75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).