---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cybersecurity for information resources."
description: "Relating to cybersecurity for information resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Texas SB 64 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b402084-15ab-46b4-85fe-03decdfaffb7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 64.xml"
source_hash: "a1cad69e8f6d28c923892f3fa962eaadd22b1cc5931b14594f434da34df99047"
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 64 (86) — Relating to cybersecurity for information resources.

## 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/SB00064I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `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
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **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/5b402084-15ab-46b4-85fe-03decdfaffb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).