---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of cottage food production operations."
description: "Relating to the regulation of cottage food production operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 572"
citation: "Texas SB 572 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "FOOD (S0761)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kacal", "Kolkhorst", "Lambert", "Moody", "Rodriguez", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eae1e70-2be5-4b17-a253-9e6c11cc129f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 572.xml"
source_hash: "3cc33e96ebcaa1642dbdf72947e12f350a3e44f1dc927b6da3af08a4f60a8a7a"
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 572 (86) — Relating to the regulation of cottage food production operations.

## 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/SB00572I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kacal — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** 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`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/1eae1e70-2be5-4b17-a253-9e6c11cc129f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).