---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to business entities and nonprofit entities."
description: "Relating to business entities and nonprofit entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1514"
citation: "Texas SB 1514 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longoria", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ce5853-8f1a-4453-89e4-b50b4ae12869"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1514.xml"
source_hash: "88d48d48e957314d8a76cfd18dcdccfdf6faa76b6fee74e75b20ab62cc8e0dd9"
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 1514 (88) — Relating to business entities and nonprofit entities.

## 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/SB01514I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01514E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01514H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01514S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01514F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longoria — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-01** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-13** 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/35ce5853-8f1a-4453-89e4-b50b4ae12869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).