---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the reestablishment of the committee to study the formation of a Texas Bicentennial Commission."
description: "Relating to the reestablishment of the committee to study the formation of a Texas Bicentennial Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1985"
citation: "Texas SB 1985 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (VL3D1)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)", "Governor (I0375)", "HISTORICAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0238)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Cain", "Harris, Cody", "Holland", "Hughes", "Meza"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e283e966-7e6d-40e1-a726-b52523747065"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1985.xml"
source_hash: "850f6eac907ed42a54aacf964b1e00938f485839c56c485e6004aab337dafa6a"
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 1985 (88) — Relating to the reestablishment of the committee to study the formation of a Texas Bicentennial Commission.

## 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/SB01985I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01985E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01985H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01985S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01985F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Harris, Cody — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Meza — primary (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — 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`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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 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/e283e966-7e6d-40e1-a726-b52523747065`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).