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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official."
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description: "Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 651"
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citation: "Texas SB 651 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Ray", "West"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-12-18"
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last_action: "2025-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd8127b-095a-4e6b-8813-e332dee7105e"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 651.xml"
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source_hash: "42d2242d4a420838985eb04c2bf44de4cd5b0870e6fc15ddac07e3f28544012c"
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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 651 (89R) — Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00651F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **134–10** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **140–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
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- West — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-12-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
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- **2025-04-29** Subcommittee meeting cancelled
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- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
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- **2025-05-05** Considered by s/c in public hearing
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- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
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- **2025-05-05** Left pending in subcommittee
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- **2025-05-07** Recalled from subcommittee
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- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-14** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-30** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/bbd8127b-095a-4e6b-8813-e332dee7105e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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