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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the authority of the TexAmericas Center to provide services to and make investments in certain business enterprises and to create certain business organizations for purposes of the center."
+description: "Relating to the authority of the TexAmericas Center to provide services to and make investments in certain business enterprises and to create certain business organizations for purposes of the center."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1187"
+citation: "Texas SB 1187 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "VanDeaver"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9133b24-31fb-4211-8997-765bf032d728"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1187.xml"
+source_hash: "dbbbd266dbced7a67196608f867f2babe7fad12b7eef8380b909623ec52dec2a"
+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 1187 (88) — Relating to the authority of the TexAmericas Center to provide services to and make investments in certain business enterprises and to create certain business organizations for purposes of the center.
+
+## 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/SB01187I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01187E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01187H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01187S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01187F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **125–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- VanDeaver — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-27** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-27** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-23** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2023-05-23** 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/f9133b24-31fb-4211-8997-765bf032d728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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