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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits."
description: "Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1859"
citation: "Texas SB 1859 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Raymond"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b09ac96c-87f1-4c7b-b365-300dd20c4804"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1859.xml"
source_hash: "d33ee8ed2f57b8798cbcb9c147c4cdafcff3450be3cc8adc506a647b02e250c1"
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 1859 (88) — Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01859I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01859E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01859H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01859S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01859F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-11** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b09ac96c-87f1-4c7b-b365-300dd20c4804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).