---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to including cuttings as a form of propagation for citrus budwood and citrus nursery stock certification programs."
description: "Relating to including cuttings as a form of propagation for citrus budwood and citrus nursery stock certification programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Texas SB 979 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Kacal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bd43db8-ba54-47ea-85a9-7a75fba8abfc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 979.xml"
source_hash: "6ee7d31a4630aa8f1f522cc916d3527020852e40121d10398f9ec1e4e94718d2"
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 979 (86) — Relating to including cuttings as a form of propagation for citrus budwood and citrus nursery stock certification programs.

## 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/SB00979I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kacal — 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 Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **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
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** House passage reported
- **2019-05-14** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bd43db8-ba54-47ea-85a9-7a75fba8abfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).