---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the funding of certain port projects."
description: "Relating to the funding of certain port projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1499"
citation: "Texas SB 1499 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Water--Navigation & Ports (I0880)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36fa88d3-327b-44e3-a533-3643409b2184"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1499.xml"
source_hash: "5c7ea1d02c057ee6f4363ec3849aca794eccc1bc86e24b7f4804bfd4dd335a7c"
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 1499 (88) — Relating to the funding of certain port projects.

## 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/SB01499I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01499F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–9** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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`
- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-10** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-16** Read
- **2023-05-16** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-29** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36fa88d3-327b-44e3-a533-3643409b2184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).