---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to wage requirements for community rehabilitation programs participating in the purchasing from people with disabilities program."
description: "Relating to wage requirements for community rehabilitation programs participating in the purchasing from people with disabilities program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 753"
citation: "Texas SB 753 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "MINIMUM WAGE (S0029)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchia", "Harless", "Huffman", "Lambert", "Raney", "Stucky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9c70b2-a0e3-4fb6-a7a2-5bd09a1bf7d8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 753.xml"
source_hash: "34f8733485a5f939da1f8ad2ad90108dc5b939510da6124d732c9dd91cfa275b"
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 753 (86) — Relating to wage requirements for community rehabilitation programs participating in the purchasing from people with disabilities program.

## 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/SB00753I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anchia — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Raney — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** No action taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** House passage reported
- **2019-05-01** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-02** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-02** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-14** 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/ff9c70b2-a0e3-4fb6-a7a2-5bd09a1bf7d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).