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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies."
+description: "Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1425"
+citation: "Texas SB 1425 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "Utilities--Telecommunications--Rural (I0829)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ashby", "Dean", "King, Tracy O.", "Perry", "Smithee"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-02"
+last_action: "2023-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2791cc-49cf-40c8-bcfa-6d03061c3e04"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1425.xml"
+source_hash: "d60e05d875b1f1c0bacdd269c6a6cbc6c07f54d97e860cb49615467d8a66508e"
+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 1425 (88) — Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies.
+
+## 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/SB01425I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Smithee — primary (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Orr — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-15** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-04** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-19** 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/bf2791cc-49cf-40c8-bcfa-6d03061c3e04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+