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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces."
+description: "Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 423"
+citation: "Texas SB 423 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aeronautics (I0010)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Transportation--Aviation (I0822)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a0fb41-7a28-488d-afbe-25eb6f60a860"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 423.xml"
+source_hash: "89e5656e1ec5d6bb1c42628f94f709a7d546e4179dbe48dc2c924066325bbc0c"
+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 423 (88) — Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces.
+
+## 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/SB00423I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** Referred to Border Security `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-23** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-25** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-25** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-26** Record vote
+- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-04** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-04** Read
+- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-04** Record vote
+- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-19** 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/b0a0fb41-7a28-488d-afbe-25eb6f60a860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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