---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports."
description: "Relating to the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1915"
citation: "Texas SB 1915 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY", "TEXAS (D1093)", "HARRIS COUNTY (G0330)", "HOUSTON", "CITY OF (G2272)", "PASADENA", "CITY OF (G0560)", "Governor (I0375)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Cain", "Canales"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da7524ea-44bb-4b25-bfc6-0e9ca7df73c8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1915.xml"
source_hash: "b2c960c8404747479659aa0bd417f2c1b84515a21486530adcdb1587ebaf9636"
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 1915 (86) — Relating to the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports.

## 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/SB01915I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **136–4** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Rereferred to committee
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Texas Ports, Select `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** House passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** 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/da7524ea-44bb-4b25-bfc6-0e9ca7df73c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).