---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State Forest."
description: "Relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State Forest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "Texas SB 345 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE (U0213)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b2e3bf0-5929-4f3a-97db-aab302c03a42"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 345.xml"
source_hash: "39b20bac054cad9719267994ad6f9b94247e3980cb77fa81fa6ac2ea3d1774b3"
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 345 (86) — Relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State Forest.

## 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/SB00345I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **118–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b2e3bf0-5929-4f3a-97db-aab302c03a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).