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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to powers and duties of navigation districts and the boards of trustees of municipal port facilities."
+description: "Relating to powers and duties of navigation districts and the boards of trustees of municipal port facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1500"
+citation: "Texas SB 1500 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES (S0076)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-03-02"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38cb9486-1c9c-4e90-968b-99b70fe6eeab"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1500.xml"
+source_hash: "f4adf8e7f8516becd46ffe5b5687dd6b330b56eb930923f53a8e380c8129560f"
+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 1500 (88) — Relating to powers and duties of navigation districts and the boards of trustees of municipal port facilities.
+
+## 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/SB01500I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–1** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **135–3** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **142–1** (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`
+- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-17** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Record vote
+- **2023-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-08** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-09** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-09** Read
+- **2023-05-09** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2023-05-09** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-09** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-09** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-09** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-09** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-15** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-15** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-23** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-25** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-25** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-26** Record vote
+- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-18** 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/38cb9486-1c9c-4e90-968b-99b70fe6eeab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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