---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee."
description: "Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1959"
citation: "Texas SB 1959 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "PORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (V0583)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Deshotel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be3284d-b1f9-417a-a21c-49a55349ed2a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1959.xml"
source_hash: "e4727be364b41c83c5b39656f4357f16e6bb3e09ee471d0b88d53d06932ab77c"
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 1959 (86) — Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee.

## 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/SB01959I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Deshotel — 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`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-09** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be3284d-b1f9-417a-a21c-49a55349ed2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).