---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requirements for and municipal regulation of dogs in an outdoor dining area of a food service establishment."
description: "Relating to requirements for and municipal regulation of dogs in an outdoor dining area of a food service establishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 476"
citation: "Texas SB 476 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Health--General (I0385)", "RESTAURANTS (S0297)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Hancock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa80bdd1-773d-4b1a-a751-51ce408910c8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 476.xml"
source_hash: "16a28cda87fa87e69c7e5750499000b4a7a05da788f30246eedeb9bc3fd5d9a6"
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 476 (86) — Relating to requirements for and municipal regulation of dogs in an outdoor dining area of a food service establishment.

## 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/SB00476I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-25** 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** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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 Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2019-04-23** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Corrected comm. rept. sent to Local & Consent
- **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 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/aa80bdd1-773d-4b1a-a751-51ce408910c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).