---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to complaints filed with and certain other filings submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission."
description: "Relating to complaints filed with and certain other filings submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 548"
citation: "Texas SB 548 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics (I0345)", "ETHICS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V9939)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "Hall", "Hinojosa", "King, Phil", "Menéndez", "Nelson", "Paxton", "Perry", "Rodríguez", "Schwertner", "West", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa4c5559-0000-4b0c-9dbe-4653491a8baf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 548.xml"
source_hash: "38c3ad921eac64f279223d937e2f915b754712c64aed3ec9d0e283a1857439b4"
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 548 (86) — Relating to complaints filed with and certain other filings submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission.

## 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/SB00548I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-26** Record vote
- **2019-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Record vote
- **2019-03-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/aa4c5559-0000-4b0c-9dbe-4653491a8baf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).