---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operation of the Battleship \"Texas.\""
description: "Relating to the operation of the Battleship \"Texas.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1511"
citation: "Texas SB 1511 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "BATTLESHIP TEXAS (S0713)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Bucy", "Cyrier", "Holland", "Kolkhorst", "Martinez", "Nichols", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 76
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12e3beff-f109-4773-a8cb-8da1a254fa0b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1511.xml"
source_hash: "198d1bcc1de26712a1351ca7fc068981312523d8575cb7bb4d4f100b47d273d3"
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 1511 (86) — Relating to the operation of the Battleship "Texas."

## 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/SB01511I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Bucy — primary (person)
- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Motion to table fails
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-22** Motion to instruct conferees
- **2019-05-22** Motion fails
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-24** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-25** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12e3beff-f109-4773-a8cb-8da1a254fa0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).