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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Relating to employment and referral services for veterans and military service members. Relating to employment and referral services for veterans and military service members. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 86 HB 696 Texas HB 696 (86)
bill
Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)
Military & Veterans (I0535)
VOLUNTEERS (S1314)
WORKFORCE COMMISSION
TEXAS (V0470)
enacted
Blanco
Guillen
Powell
Zwiener
1 51 0 2019-01-09 2019-06-10 openstates ocd-bill/a7ee0f17-66c7-4863-abdf-4f95a1dec194 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 696.xml dbb9625d251451b84326329c369e970b64780b34bb024c983e0e378aef21b6a6 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 696 (86) — Relating to employment and referral services for veterans and military service members.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source

Sponsors

  • Blanco — primary (person)
  • Guillen — primary (person)
  • Powell — primary (person)
  • Zwiener — primary (person)
  • Alvarado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-09 Filed filing
  • 2019-02-21 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-02-21 Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs referral-committee
  • 2019-03-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-03-04 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2019-03-04 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-04-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-04-08 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2019-04-08 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2019-04-16 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2019-04-16 Committee report distributed
  • 2019-04-17 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2019-04-23 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2019-04-26 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2019-04-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-04-26 Passed to engrossment
  • 2019-04-26 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-04-26 Passed passage
  • 2019-04-26 Record vote
  • 2019-04-26 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-26 Reported engrossed
  • 2019-04-29 Received from the House introduction
  • 2019-04-29 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-04-29 Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security referral-committee
  • 2019-05-15 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-05-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-15 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2019-05-15 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-05-17 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-17 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-17 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-05-17 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2019-05-20 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2019-05-21 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2019-05-22 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-05-22 Laid before the Senate
  • 2019-05-22 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2019-05-22 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-22 Three day rule suspended
  • 2019-05-22 Record vote
  • 2019-05-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-05-22 Passed passage
  • 2019-05-22 Record vote
  • 2019-05-23 Senate passage reported
  • 2019-05-24 Reported enrolled
  • 2019-05-26 Signed in the House
  • 2019-05-27 Signed in the Senate
  • 2019-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-06-10 Effective immediately

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7ee0f17-66c7-4863-abdf-4f95a1dec194. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).