---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain meetings of a commissioners court during a disaster or emergency."
description: "Relating to certain meetings of a commissioners court during a disaster or emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1343"
citation: "Texas SB 1343 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b82854f6-12f7-4a65-9bf0-448a2651f5cd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1343.xml"
source_hash: "bb2aa19d717dfceaf4a8014006f44b6e737a6fedb5ee6f01eca485c9f7ed5ec5"
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 1343 (87) — Relating to certain meetings of a commissioners court during a disaster or emergency.

## 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/SB01343I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01343E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01343H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01343S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01343F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-26** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b82854f6-12f7-4a65-9bf0-448a2651f5cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).