---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families."
description: "Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "Texas SB 897 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Lopez, Ray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b015e1f-5ca2-42fe-a94c-8ac0a04af533"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 897.xml"
source_hash: "27ae1761c37d1518f7b1621fcd814fd35496239807ec443da04bd73a5f8c9ee9"
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 897 (89R) — Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00897I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00897E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00897H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00897S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00897F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-09** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b015e1f-5ca2-42fe-a94c-8ac0a04af533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).