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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the procurement of certain goods and services related to highways by the Texas Department of Transportation."
+description: "Relating to the procurement of certain goods and services related to highways by the Texas Department of Transportation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1270"
+citation: "Texas SB 1270 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Seliger", "Thompson, Ed"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364ec288-6b48-4826-939d-3b272519f476"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1270.xml"
+source_hash: "60bce807d730913cf0aca51a2524e694c92f0ea0161176397ecb0a5b226b013a"
+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 1270 (87) — Relating to the procurement of certain goods and services related to highways by the Texas Department of Transportation.
+
+## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01270I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Seliger — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/364ec288-6b48-4826-939d-3b272519f476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+