---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment and posting of the maximum loads permitted on certain bridges."
description: "Relating to the establishment and posting of the maximum loads permitted on certain bridges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1023"
citation: "Texas SB 1023 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRIDGES & CAUSEWAYS (S0277)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS & ENFORCEMENT (S0272)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road (I0860)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0307787-358a-4aff-9f43-49e972933735"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1023.xml"
source_hash: "a58c49bd648832322f00d54f84728c66fc3c7d85fc3d4613fb54b121c73aa8b5"
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 1023 (88) — Relating to the establishment and posting of the maximum loads permitted on certain bridges.

## 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/SB01023I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01023E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01023H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01023S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01023F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-03-30** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-04** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/c0307787-358a-4aff-9f43-49e972933735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).