---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment of certain fees to municipalities by entities that provide telecommunications and cable or video services."
description: "Relating to the payment of certain fees to municipalities by entities that provide telecommunications and cable or video services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1152"
citation: "Texas SB 1152 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4529ca9d-82b2-429d-abdc-19d82b39f0b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1152.xml"
source_hash: "0cfe29bd56d04cb12bc1ac29c47ae109ab80b2936200a024af195ac4d7eb41cf"
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 1152 (86) — Relating to the payment of certain fees to municipalities by entities that provide telecommunications and cable or video services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01152I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **88–53** (pass) · lower
- passage — **92–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Point of order overruled
- **2019-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4529ca9d-82b2-429d-abdc-19d82b39f0b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).