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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to nonprofit legal services corporations."
description: "Relating to nonprofit legal services corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1623"
citation: "Texas SB 1623 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Corporations & Associations (I0090)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Lawyers (I0515)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smithee", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab323e18-deaa-4e08-9ea5-391c5aafe4f3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1623.xml"
source_hash: "284e5f4db0979aae4cb5ce3ee010592004c7ebebf89a616e381dd03daced7265"
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 1623 (86) — Relating to nonprofit legal services corporations.
## 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/SB01623I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Smithee — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Corrected comm. rept. sent to Local & Consent
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **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/ab323e18-deaa-4e08-9ea5-391c5aafe4f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).