---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of navigation districts."
description: "Relating to the administration of navigation districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1642"
citation: "Texas SB 1642 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Creighton", "Hinojosa", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08596151-2313-438a-b275-2add1160b506"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1642.xml"
source_hash: "85449ee63849064eb4d3ef9ca273ef638d69a07c5cc552b7e35ac6039baec565"
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 1642 (87) — Relating to the administration of navigation districts.

## 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/SB01642I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01642E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01642H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01642S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01642F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Nichols — 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 Ports, Select `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** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** 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/08596151-2313-438a-b275-2add1160b506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).