---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the School Land Board."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the School Land Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "Texas SB 608 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND (S0407)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE COMMISSIONER (V0152)", "SCHOOL LAND BOARD (V0103)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Nichols", "Paddie", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/081dd886-b0b6-47ab-a86d-565abf8d30ea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 608.xml"
source_hash: "a2f56364ceaf021ac35c69fdf02525e7fd4d978fac3d1482d9064d20da5e676b"
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 608 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the School Land 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/SB00608I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — 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 Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-29** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-29** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-30** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** 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/081dd886-b0b6-47ab-a86d-565abf8d30ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).