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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a reemployment program available to certain veterans placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor offense."
description: "Relating to a reemployment program available to certain veterans placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 714"
citation: "Texas HB 714 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--General (I0160)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez", "Lucio III", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/623416dd-0c25-49c7-a09d-e34108084cca"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 714.xml"
source_hash: "79f5d060293c7db3a833d6908d1f008652aa4a02f9db32833663d1319516b0d6"
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 HB 714 (86) — Relating to a reemployment program available to certain veterans placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor offense.
## 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/HB00714I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** 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** 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
- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/623416dd-0c25-49c7-a09d-e34108084cca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).