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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services."
+description: "Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 9"
+citation: "Texas HB 9 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (V62YT)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY", "TEXAS (V0094)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bonnen", "Hernandez", "Huffman", "Hunter", "Longoria"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 94
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-03-06"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/323741e8-6298-4f9c-a25f-19983d848c34"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 9.xml"
+source_hash: "4db10476d3249a63d36dbe57b6f09437e0a7138df6bb922cec3707163d01c7df"
+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 HB 9 (88) — Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services.
+
+## 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/HB00009I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 9 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **134–8** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **140–8** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **139–7** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **134–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage to third reading — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Hernandez — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Hunter — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
+- Gates — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
+- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Moody — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
+- Orr — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Walle — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-20** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-20** Corrected comm. report distributed
+- **2023-04-20** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-26** Record vote
+- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-04-26** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
+- **2023-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-26** Record vote
+- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-26** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-26** Record vote
+- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-02** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-18** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-18** Record vote
+- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/323741e8-6298-4f9c-a25f-19983d848c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+