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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the requirement that the comptroller of public accounts receive copies of orders adopted in connection with the administration of elections."
description: "Relating to the requirement that the comptroller of public accounts receive copies of orders adopted in connection with the administration of elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Texas SB 893 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fe7dff0-4542-4478-847f-b003fc18e60b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 893.xml"
source_hash: "a65631982830ca1e16a939597ea62e9fd7b156a9d2f634f243aab2dd4fb8f1bd"
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 893 (86) — Relating to the requirement that the comptroller of public accounts receive copies of orders adopted in connection with the administration of elections.
## 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/SB00893I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Klick — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** 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/1fe7dff0-4542-4478-847f-b003fc18e60b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).