---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local government."
description: "Relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1716"
citation: "Texas SB 1716 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS (S0307)", "Transportation--Aviation (I0822)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4753ba1-28ec-4e64-a89b-501ae2a96680"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1716.xml"
source_hash: "e33e2253563b80646465a038d0957d7c804e413c5080c857d4bb499cf379e0ae"
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 1716 (88) — Relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local government.

## 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/SB01716I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01716E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01716H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01716S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01716F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-27** 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/a4753ba1-28ec-4e64-a89b-501ae2a96680`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).