---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for transporting meals and instructional materials to students during a declared disaster."
description: "Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for transporting meals and instructional materials to students during a declared disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 462"
citation: "Texas SB 462 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "NUTRITION (S0623)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Lucio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb38f5ae-7ba0-46c5-980a-291352d66d76"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 462.xml"
source_hash: "7cb501781b310834dc38be84aea62179c3bb957d3f0e0ebb05c03bd851d67b6a"
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 462 (87) — Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for transporting meals and instructional materials to students during a declared disaster.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00462I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00462E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00462H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00462S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00462F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb38f5ae-7ba0-46c5-980a-291352d66d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).