---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 601"
citation: "Texas SB 601 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Flynn", "Hall", "Nichols", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1647502c-fc53-46b8-9a89-9d84367f0e6a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 601.xml"
source_hash: "457d6798189a5082643f618904ca30cb7c9915053d123ce0d6f0c1cf4fb70055"
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 601 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans 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/SB00601I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Flynn — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** 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/1647502c-fc53-46b8-9a89-9d84367f0e6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).