---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating May 8 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day."
description: "Relating to designating May 8 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1819"
citation: "Texas SB 1819 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY (H1699)", "Holidays (I0395)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Minjarez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2c68fab-33e7-4d09-b7da-e7418a0320ba"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1819.xml"
source_hash: "cbebe656f65b6a41cf2b4fcbeaf61ba83f8a92a2d3a4c54e64da371bbce7a266"
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 1819 (86) — Relating to designating May 8 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day.

## 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/SB01819I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-06** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** House passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2c68fab-33e7-4d09-b7da-e7418a0320ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).