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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the funding of certain port projects."
+description: "Relating to the funding of certain port projects."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1499"
+citation: "Texas SB 1499 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Water--Navigation & Ports (I0880)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-02"
+last_action: "2023-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36fa88d3-327b-44e3-a533-3643409b2184"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1499.xml"
+source_hash: "5c7ea1d02c057ee6f4363ec3849aca794eccc1bc86e24b7f4804bfd4dd335a7c"
+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 1499 (88) — Relating to the funding of certain port projects.
+
+## 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/SB01499I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **131–9** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (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`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-03** Record vote
+- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-03** Record vote
+- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-10** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `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
+- **2023-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Record vote
+- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-11** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-16** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-16** Read
+- **2023-05-16** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-16** Record vote
+- **2023-05-16** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-29** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36fa88d3-327b-44e3-a533-3643409b2184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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