---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 612"
citation: "Texas SB 612 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "RISK MANAGEMENT", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0530)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Hall", "Nevárez", "Nichols", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b815a5d8-fa9a-41fe-890c-0bd6bf46bc88"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 612.xml"
source_hash: "9b26edf56b3c208a95e50748a33aeb1ae145cc25e70002200a52544d6de0b80a"
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 612 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management.

## 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/SB00612I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Nevárez — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** House passage reported
- **2019-04-29** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** 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/b815a5d8-fa9a-41fe-890c-0bd6bf46bc88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).