---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to airport police forces, including the authority to commission peace officers and the rights, privileges, and duties of those officers."
description: "Relating to airport police forces, including the authority to commission peace officers and the rights, privileges, and duties of those officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1550"
citation: "Texas SB 1550 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS (S0307)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "Transportation--Aviation (I0822)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20b47e74-7317-47f2-be8a-49340a201a84"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1550.xml"
source_hash: "094c751f159b5b184cd8791d978ab67b4a4569fcaa6f9b5b4ae50c35c9d9c06a"
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 1550 (87) — Relating to airport police forces, including the authority to commission peace officers and the rights, privileges, and duties of those officers.

## 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/SB01550I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01550E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01550H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01550S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01550F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Transportation `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`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/20b47e74-7317-47f2-be8a-49340a201a84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).