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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the protection of membership in, affiliation with, and support provided to religious organizations."
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description: "Relating to the protection of membership in, affiliation with, and support provided to religious organizations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "SB 1978"
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citation: "Texas SB 1978 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)", "Religion (I0646)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Krause", "Oliverson", "Phelan", "Sanford"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 81
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-03-07"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab895bac-6eb5-4923-8e89-d16af8eb5d52"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1978.xml"
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source_hash: "3c09e20ff282c46635820a61bf939294428bbb62bf6c050c6e1e6c5330f2600e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 1978 (86) — Relating to the protection of membership in, affiliation with, and support provided to religious organizations.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01978I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **79–62** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **79–64** (pass) · lower
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- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
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- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
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- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Krause — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Phelan — primary (person)
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- Sanford — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
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- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Darby — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
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- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
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- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
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- Klick — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Lang — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Leman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Raney — cosponsor (person)
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- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
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- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- White — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wray — cosponsor (person)
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- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** Co-author authorized
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- **2019-05-13** Posting rule suspended
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- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-15** Co-author authorized
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- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-15** Point of order
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- **2019-05-15** Point of order overruled
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment to amendment offered
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- **2019-05-15** Substitute amendment offered
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment adopted as amended
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-16** Record vote
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- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Record vote
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- **2019-05-16** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-16** Remarks ordered printed
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- **2019-05-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-20** Point of order overruled
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- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-20** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
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- **2019-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-21** Record vote
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- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-23** Read
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- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-23** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab895bac-6eb5-4923-8e89-d16af8eb5d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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