---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council."
description: "Relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 851"
citation: "Texas SB 851 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CYBERSECURITY COUNCIL (VU3DE)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Dominguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/024507eb-e2e1-4cd0-82c9-aa89b8813c97"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 851.xml"
source_hash: "bb0eb782ff11ea06c11d11cc12b46a0c22da908516821e69eafdbb0d2f0f184d"
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 851 (87) — Relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council.

## 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/SB00851I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00851E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00851H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00851S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00851F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Dominguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Meeting cancelled
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** House passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/024507eb-e2e1-4cd0-82c9-aa89b8813c97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).