---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain advocacy and legal services for Texas Veterans and to tuition and fees for certain military spouses and dependents."
description: "Relating to certain advocacy and legal services for Texas Veterans and to tuition and fees for certain military spouses and dependents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2104"
citation: "Texas SB 2104 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "TEXAS VETERANS COUNTY SERVICE OFFICER TASK FORCE (V1219)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58288c1e-94ae-4254-af2a-7b2aa77acf42"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2104.xml"
source_hash: "54692dde007eaa4af9120734ab3fcd42340f86b6f2450a7a971f7ad0bd4c36a9"
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 2104 (86) — Relating to certain advocacy and legal services for Texas Veterans and to tuition and fees for certain military spouses and dependents.

## 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/SB02104I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (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`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Co-author authorized
- **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
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested 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`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58288c1e-94ae-4254-af2a-7b2aa77acf42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).