---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services."
description: "Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Texas HB 9 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (V62YT)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY", "TEXAS (V0094)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bonnen", "Hernandez", "Huffman", "Hunter", "Longoria"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 94
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/323741e8-6298-4f9c-a25f-19983d848c34"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 9.xml"
source_hash: "4db10476d3249a63d36dbe57b6f09437e0a7138df6bb922cec3707163d01c7df"
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 HB 9 (88) — Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00009I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00009F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 9 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **134–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–7** (pass) · lower
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **134–8** (pass) · upper
- passage to third reading — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2023-04-20** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-26** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/323741e8-6298-4f9c-a25f-19983d848c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).