---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the efficient provision of pilot services by the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports."
description: "Relating to the efficient provision of pilot services by the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2223"
citation: "Texas SB 2223 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY", "TEXAS (D1093)", "HARRIS COUNTY (G0330)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Canales", "Creighton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08d79fe-b752-4f18-a49e-ac633aa6120b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2223.xml"
source_hash: "f4dfb513defe17ffa9d8ec37285e68cce8ee554b7313da05d3c4aebdc8449cb9"
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 2223 (86) — Relating to the efficient provision of pilot services by 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/SB02223I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** 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
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Postponed
- **2019-05-17** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** 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/c08d79fe-b752-4f18-a49e-ac633aa6120b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).