---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast Protection District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; providing authority to impose a tax; granting the power of eminent domain."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast Protection District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; providing authority to impose a tax; granting the power of eminent domain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1160"
citation: "Texas SB 1160 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT (DO6XQ)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Krause", "Murphy", "Paul", "Rosenthal", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 98
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76c17f73-3996-4a33-92e7-0731c7ba5712"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1160.xml"
source_hash: "0732af7bff8b14608972eef7cd213aac1e0f8e910604ce9b45500be573934cb5"
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 1160 (87) — Relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast Protection District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; providing authority to impose a tax; granting the power of eminent domain.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01160I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01160E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01160H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01160S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01160F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **131–8** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **130–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Rosenthal — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Recommendations filed with the Senate
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-27** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-13** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Postponed
- **2021-05-19** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-19** Vote reconsidered
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Vote reconsidered
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-28** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76c17f73-3996-4a33-92e7-0731c7ba5712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).