---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reimbursement of federal military treatment facilities under the workers' compensation system."
description: "Relating to reimbursement of federal military treatment facilities under the workers' compensation system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 935"
citation: "Texas SB 935 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0734)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Darby", "Hancock", "Martinez Fischer", "Shine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6adf503-b7e6-48ac-8b16-7ba3ad8405c4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 935.xml"
source_hash: "a618a917e51435044a7a6e2fef181b4e88928deefd0c039d7a83c6c3cbb80d52"
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 935 (86) — Relating to reimbursement of federal military treatment facilities under the workers' compensation system.

## 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/SB00935I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortez — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/d6adf503-b7e6-48ac-8b16-7ba3ad8405c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).