---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the governor's broadband development council."
description: "Relating to the creation of the governor's broadband development council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1960"
citation: "Texas HB 1960 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "GOVERNOR'S BROADBAND COUNCIL (V1190)", "GOVERNOR'S BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (V1247)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Charles \"Doc\"", "Cyrier", "González, Mary", "Perry", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da2fa6f6-5520-4e77-96d4-2081177686ef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1960.xml"
source_hash: "49c016364f9a41d814ba4ee49ba4622815289d47d17f0b9698dc38402f0d9c53"
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 HB 1960 (86) — Relating to the creation of the governor's broadband development council.

## 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/HB01960I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–9** (pass) · lower
- other — **127–14** (fail) · upper
- passage — **127–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — primary (person)
- Cyrier — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
- **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/da2fa6f6-5520-4e77-96d4-2081177686ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).