---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs."
description: "Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Texas SB 68 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature (I0520)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b3ff95-0582-4ffc-ace1-d251b72a77a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 68.xml"
source_hash: "93e971e936261165c9adbbe86b676da7932826f81a6e567f7981fcf737a1868c"
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 68 (86) — Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs.

## 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/SB00068I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (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`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **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
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** 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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89b3ff95-0582-4ffc-ace1-d251b72a77a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).