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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to publication of notices by a governmental entity on the Internet websites of a newspaper and the Texas Press Association."
+description: "Relating to publication of notices by a governmental entity on the Internet websites of a newspaper and the Texas Press Association."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 943"
+citation: "Texas SB 943 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Communications & Press (I0073)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "Kolkhorst"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-05-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd69461-7458-45ef-8e3d-aca6dd69c859"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 943.xml"
+source_hash: "44eaaf65c329acecba6b8e88961cb3044d1b7d34aab625c5ce1bd4f8aa986497"
+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 943 (88) — Relating to publication of notices by a governmental entity on the Internet websites of a newspaper and the Texas Press Association.
+
+## 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/SB00943I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00943E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00943H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00943S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00943F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hunter — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-02-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-03** 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
+- **2023-04-17** Co-author authorized
+- **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`
+- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Record vote
+- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-27** 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/9dd69461-7458-45ef-8e3d-aca6dd69c859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+