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Bill Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees. Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 86 SB 616 Texas SB 616 (86)
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Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)
Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)
Law Enforcement (I0510)
State Agencies
Boards & Commissions (I0749)
Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)
Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)
BORDER (S0045)
MOTORCYCLES (S0782)
PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS & PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (S1276)
RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (S0573)
TEXAS PRIVATE SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (S0897)
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)
TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE (U0232)
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)
LICENSING & REGULATION
TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)
LICENSING & REGULATION
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)
MOTOR VEHICLES
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0812)
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD (V1191)
PRIVATE SECURITY BOARD
TEXAS (V0597)
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION (V8707)
PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)
enacted
Birdwell
Paddie
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Texas SB 616 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source

Votes

  • passage — 1420 (pass) · lower
  • other — 1021 (fail) · upper
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • other — 1460 (fail) · upper
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • other — 1120 (fail) · upper
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Birdwell — primary (person)
  • Paddie — primary (person)
  • Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
  • Hall — cosponsor (person)
  • Hughes — cosponsor (person)
  • Nichols — cosponsor (person)
  • Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-22 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
  • 2019-02-22 Filed filing
  • 2019-02-27 Co-author authorized
  • 2019-03-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-03-01 Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security referral-committee
  • 2019-03-20 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-03-20 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-03-20 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2019-03-20 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-04-03 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-04-09 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-09 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2019-04-11 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2019-04-16 Co-author authorized
  • 2019-04-16 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2019-04-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment fails of adoption
  • 2019-04-16 Record vote
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment fails of adoption
  • 2019-04-16 Record vote
  • 2019-04-16 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-04-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Passed to engrossment as amended
  • 2019-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Three day rule suspended
  • 2019-04-16 Record vote
  • 2019-04-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-04-16 Passed passage
  • 2019-04-16 Record vote
  • 2019-04-16 Reported engrossed
  • 2019-04-17 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2019-04-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-04-17 Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2019-04-24 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-04-24 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2019-04-24 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-05-09 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2019-05-09 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2019-05-09 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-13 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2019-05-13 Committee report distributed
  • 2019-05-14 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2019-05-14 Considered in Calendars
  • 2019-05-16 Placed on Major State Calendar
  • 2019-05-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-05-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-05-16 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-05-16 Amendment tabled
  • 2019-05-16 Record vote
  • 2019-05-16 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-16 Amendment withdrawn amendment-withdrawal
  • 2019-05-16 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  • 2019-05-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-05-17 Passed passage
  • 2019-05-17 Record vote
  • 2019-05-17 House passage as amended reported
  • 2019-05-23 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2019-05-23 Read
  • 2019-05-23 Senate refuses to concur
  • 2019-05-23 Senate requests conference committee
  • 2019-05-23 Senate appoints conferees
  • 2019-05-23 Senate refuses to concur-reported
  • 2019-05-23 Senate requests conference committee-reported
  • 2019-05-23 Senate appoints conferees-reported
  • 2019-05-23 House grants request for conference committee
  • 2019-05-23 House appoints conferees
  • 2019-05-23 House grants request for conf comm-reported
  • 2019-05-23 House appoints conferees-reported
  • 2019-05-24 Conference committee report filed
  • 2019-05-25 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  • 2019-05-25 Senate adopts conference committee report
  • 2019-05-25 Record vote
  • 2019-05-26 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2019-05-26 House adopts conference committee report
  • 2019-05-26 Record vote
  • 2019-05-26 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2019-05-27 Reported enrolled
  • 2019-05-27 Signed in the Senate
  • 2019-05-27 Signed in the House
  • 2019-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-06-10 See remarks for effective date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2476c774-2839-4729-aa6a-1b5bc28b0e50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).