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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to operating requirements for farm mutual insurance companies related to insurance in force on rural property."
+description: "Relating to operating requirements for farm mutual insurance companies related to insurance in force on rural property."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 2008"
+citation: "Texas SB 2008 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "RURAL (S0467)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Kolkhorst"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-09"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea8909c0-2565-41ac-8af9-0cef32705f19"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2008.xml"
+source_hash: "b6206878f788bec9910b91801cbbc8efacdea4f86f062599bd67fe5aaf5c10a0"
+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 2008 (88) — Relating to operating requirements for farm mutual insurance companies related to insurance in force on rural property.
+
+## 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/SB02008I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02008E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02008H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02008S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02008F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **136–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailes — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-21** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-20** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-25** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-26** 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 Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** 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 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/ea8909c0-2565-41ac-8af9-0cef32705f19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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