---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the adoption of a climate policy in a municipal charter."
description: "Relating to the adoption of a climate policy in a municipal charter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1860"
citation: "Texas SB 1860 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Environment--General (I0340)", "Legislature (I0520)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deb51095-b9ab-4019-8665-3d725ae08608"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1860.xml"
source_hash: "fa4c5c4caddeddd7e85fda8c01b53f512b232e15e6dd0141a374f992b276d203"
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 1860 (88) — Relating to the adoption of a climate policy in a municipal charter.

## 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/SB01860I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01860E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01860H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01860S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01860F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **101–41** (pass) · lower
- other — **13–18** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-08** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-08** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-08** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-08** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** 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
- **2023-05-11** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-17** Read
- **2023-05-17** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** 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/deb51095-b9ab-4019-8665-3d725ae08608`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).