---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations."
description: "Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 500"
citation: "Texas SB 500 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Budget (I0747)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 87
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76dadaa7-4b0a-4f9f-b5b5-d3007a024393"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 500.xml"
source_hash: "7db8f42e5e4c86a0f9c743b08bc71b148951e9462df90e5b603c6e8b6c9dae18"
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 500 (86) — Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

## 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/SB00500I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **146–1** (fail) · upper
- passage — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (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`
- **2019-02-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-13** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **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
- **2019-03-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-19** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Emergency Calendar
- **2019-03-20** Calendars Committee rule adopted
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-03-28** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-28** Record vote
- **2019-03-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Record vote
- **2019-03-28** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2019-04-01** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-04-17** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read
- **2019-04-17** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-04-17** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-04-17** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-04-17** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-04-17** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-04-17** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-04-18** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-04-18** House appoints conferees
- **2019-04-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-04-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-26** Rules suspended
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in Senate-Art III Sec 49a Tx. Const.
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Comptroller
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76dadaa7-4b0a-4f9f-b5b5-d3007a024393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).