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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the regulation of motor fuel metering devices and motor fuel quality."
+description: "Relating to the regulation of motor fuel metering devices and motor fuel quality."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 246"
+citation: "Texas SB 246 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Goldman"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-11-28"
+last_action: "2023-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71963145-4e1a-417a-96fe-52915774fa13"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 246.xml"
+source_hash: "99e34fd31664c72d5d17bd0e271a3f34cc9734b0f8ca2665406313f117f403c4"
+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 246 (88) — Relating to the regulation of motor fuel metering devices and motor fuel quality.
+
+## 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/SB00246I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-11-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2022-11-28** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-18** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **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`
+- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Record vote
+- **2023-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-18** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-02** 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/71963145-4e1a-417a-96fe-52915774fa13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+