---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler."
description: "Relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 440"
citation: "Texas SB 440 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (U0026)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288d3f20-e681-4c2b-81cc-b598c6574ccc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 440.xml"
source_hash: "8de4871c6bbf5010483907c583e971945c227d77873a3e586ad932df476608ec"
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 440 (86) — Relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler.

## 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/SB00440I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-21** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** 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/288d3f20-e681-4c2b-81cc-b598c6574ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).