---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a public school student with a visual impairment."
description: "Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a public school student with a visual impairment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "Texas SB 522 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanford", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80704de5-597d-4065-aed1-366c58596bf7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 522.xml"
source_hash: "51185cc39877428cdf448d7aadd68d616a6233926f2674f118e54bf0b155a072"
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 522 (86) — Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a public school student with a visual impairment.

## 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/SB00522I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Sanford — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** 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/80704de5-597d-4065-aed1-366c58596bf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).