---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a requirement that a school district adopt a cybersecurity policy."
description: "Relating to a requirement that a school district adopt a cybersecurity policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "Texas SB 820 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meyer", "Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98e1c8c0-2bb9-423d-84d5-9ed35d092f47"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 820.xml"
source_hash: "4d32bb088f5c2fe53b547fd92fd31bfd76759717f253c3d5700fb3dfa7c83993"
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 820 (86) — Relating to a requirement that a school district adopt a cybersecurity policy.

## 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/SB00820I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meyer — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **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 Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** 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
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/98e1c8c0-2bb9-423d-84d5-9ed35d092f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).