---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the determination of the sufficient balance of the economic stabilization fund for the purpose of allocating general revenue to that fund and the state highway fund."
description: "Relating to the determination of the sufficient balance of the economic stabilization fund for the purpose of allocating general revenue to that fund and the state highway fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 962"
citation: "Texas SB 962 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finances--Budget (I0747)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "STATE HIGHWAY FUND (S0751)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nichols", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01757fc8-771f-4889-a6a5-c4856b1cd84a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 962.xml"
source_hash: "a4dde7dd67db502bce3f3ca88c5a61323f471c92307057c8ae71390924f26798"
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 962 (86) — Relating to the determination of the sufficient balance of the economic stabilization fund for the purpose of allocating general revenue to that fund and the state highway fund.

## 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/SB00962I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nichols — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (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 Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2019-04-12** 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** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** 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/01757fc8-771f-4889-a6a5-c4856b1cd84a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).