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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority."
+description: "Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1504"
+citation: "Texas SB 1504 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "GULF COAST AUTHORITY (D1423)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "TELECONFERENCING (S0039)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Middleton", "Paul"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-20"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba9a771-c1ca-422e-be53-78001e01042d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1504.xml"
+source_hash: "67ac05e63fb5f1071fc843be748243338d1ec355293c713716a3b394b2645518"
+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 1504 (89R) — Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01504I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **128–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Paul — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-31** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-22** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-21** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-29** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-30** Read
+- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** 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/cba9a771-c1ca-422e-be53-78001e01042d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+