---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project."
description: "Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Texas SB 198 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways (I0390)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)", "TOLL ROADS & TOLL BRIDGES (S1090)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Kolkhorst", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-16"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6564bf1d-8705-4fe7-a45c-9896b8333cfa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 198.xml"
source_hash: "2cbb7390d1a1d57c5498dee6bebba2050dfb4d201da66844795f38204b77463c"
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 198 (86) — Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project.

## 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/SB00198I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
- **2019-04-17** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6564bf1d-8705-4fe7-a45c-9896b8333cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).