---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of disaster and emergency services, including health care services, to certain populations."
description: "Relating to the provision of disaster and emergency services, including health care services, to certain populations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "Texas SB 982 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Governor (I0375)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "VOLUNTEERS (S1314)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY (V0318)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 68
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4a0442-9f98-478a-b755-6d67da0a2b6a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 982.xml"
source_hash: "dddc0e20972f29707ee5191fb3611e33fb9d70ffeb5704d92694c8c4b3f6b003"
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 982 (86) — Relating to the provision of disaster and emergency services, including health care services, to certain populations.

## 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/SB00982I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Lucio — 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 Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-24** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-25** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-25** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-25** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** 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/3a4a0442-9f98-478a-b755-6d67da0a2b6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).