---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation."
description: "Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "Texas SB 357 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways (I0390)", "ADVERTISING (S2680)", "SIGNS (S0235)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7858cbb-1253-421c-bbb2-a748ec254a3b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 357.xml"
source_hash: "8c47d833e8e50407443e53f8ed12bbc1cb7727ab7c2d55b5a054eaafe705599b"
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 357 (86) — Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.

## 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/SB00357I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **116–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** 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
- **2019-03-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-25** Record vote
- **2019-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Record vote
- **2019-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-10** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Motion to table fails
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-15** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** 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 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/b7858cbb-1253-421c-bbb2-a748ec254a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).