---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official."
description: "Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 651"
citation: "Texas SB 651 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Ray", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-18"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd8127b-095a-4e6b-8813-e332dee7105e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 651.xml"
source_hash: "42d2242d4a420838985eb04c2bf44de4cd5b0870e6fc15ddac07e3f28544012c"
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 651 (89R) — Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.

## 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/SB00651I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–10** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** 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
- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-29** Subcommittee meeting cancelled
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-05-05** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-05-05** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-05-07** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** 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/bbd8127b-095a-4e6b-8813-e332dee7105e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).