---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board."
description: "Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "Texas SB 607 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing--General (I0405)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE COMMISSIONER (V0152)", "STATE GUARD", "TEXAS (V6397)", "VETERANS' LAND BOARD (V1026)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Flynn", "Nichols", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83107edf-23e1-46fc-91f9-a854f6e7464e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 607.xml"
source_hash: "36a3ae27d2cad1190c70157ee128c2e3921ed0b91e21347c37dd29b95db606f1"
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 607 (86) — Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board.

## 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/SB00607I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-08** 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
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Postponed
- **2019-04-25** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-04-25** Postponed
- **2019-04-26** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** 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/83107edf-23e1-46fc-91f9-a854f6e7464e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).