---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a peer support network for certain law enforcement personnel."
description: "Relating to a peer support network for certain law enforcement personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Texas SB 64 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS (V1064)", "COUNSELING & THERAPY (S4389)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c14a462-5a3d-4de8-8c3f-2b68416a61bb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 64.xml"
source_hash: "000ee101c63393952df0e4d619e87e19f4fc5bf1268b1e8bcbb8fe7c50017dd5"
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 64 (87) — Relating to a peer support network for certain law enforcement personnel.

## 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/SB00064I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00064E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00064H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00064S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00064F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **137–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-29** Record vote
- **2021-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Record vote
- **2021-03-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-30** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-28** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-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/8c14a462-5a3d-4de8-8c3f-2b68416a61bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).