---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans and their families."
description: "Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans and their families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 822"
citation: "Texas SB 822 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca4af42-8e6f-40cc-a3c9-a1292386d25d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 822.xml"
source_hash: "9896dee28ebe2b95d9ae3bc7273e6fc26b4ba68b66cd5c923907e56226f3ef41"
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 822 (86) — Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans and their families.

## 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/SB00822I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Flynn — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (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 Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-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
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `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** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca4af42-8e6f-40cc-a3c9-a1292386d25d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).