---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to maps of the actual or proposed boundaries and extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and certain notices related to expanding the boundaries."
description: "Relating to maps of the actual or proposed boundaries and extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and certain notices related to expanding the boundaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1303"
citation: "Texas SB 1303 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Annexation (I0063)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Bettencourt", "Campbell", "Hall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0af6e69a-4522-4156-91c3-ea7efe17f9a9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1303.xml"
source_hash: "b98ce4f7f1e263c48ef84fc463d5fe8a60b13ff31dad0b80c3e21f6a68f137dc"
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 1303 (86) — Relating to maps of the actual or proposed boundaries and extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and certain notices related to expanding the boundaries.

## 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/SB01303I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** 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/0af6e69a-4522-4156-91c3-ea7efe17f9a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).