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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee."
+description: "Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 1959"
+citation: "Texas SB 1959 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "PORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (V0583)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Deshotel"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be3284d-b1f9-417a-a21c-49a55349ed2a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1959.xml"
+source_hash: "e4727be364b41c83c5b39656f4357f16e6bb3e09ee471d0b88d53d06932ab77c"
+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 1959 (86) — Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee.
+
+## 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/SB01959I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Deshotel — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-26** Record vote
+- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Record vote
+- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-09** Record vote
+- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-09** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-09** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-10** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-10** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-21** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be3284d-b1f9-417a-a21c-49a55349ed2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+