---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the training of peace officers for family violence and sexual assault assignments."
description: "Relating to the training of peace officers for family violence and sexual assault assignments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 586"
citation: "Texas SB 586 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neave", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/999ab0d4-e8ca-4206-8e69-c8712ae5e759"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 586.xml"
source_hash: "f22e48ac071250e93d524851113ebda533a5e9bc726d1cf9e738d45ab9a5da16"
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 586 (86) — Relating to the training of peace officers for family violence and sexual assault assignments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00586I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neave — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — 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`
- **2019-02-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **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
- **2019-04-01** 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 Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-13** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-13** Read
- **2019-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** 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/999ab0d4-e8ca-4206-8e69-c8712ae5e759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).