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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election."
+description: "Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 2038"
+citation: "Texas SB 2038 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Annexation (I0063)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Elections--Initiative", "Referendum & Recall (I0300)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Bell, Keith", "Bettencourt", "Metcalf", "Schofield", "Tepper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-03-09"
+last_action: "2023-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59cfed23-e1bb-4f37-a543-6803544b6c9c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2038.xml"
+source_hash: "86bd08893b6af7759b8f3730163506a04f6096b5b51ac8bf381f6878de1e55b9"
+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 2038 (88) — Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
+
+## 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/SB02038I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **127–18** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **121–23** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **98–45** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Schofield — primary (person)
+- Tepper — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — 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 Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-18** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-01** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Postponed
+- **2023-05-03** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-03** Vote reconsidered
+- **2023-05-03** Vote reconsidered
+- **2023-05-03** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-04** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-08** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-08** Read
+- **2023-05-08** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-08** Record vote
+- **2023-05-08** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-19** 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/59cfed23-e1bb-4f37-a543-6803544b6c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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