---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of motor fuel metering devices and motor fuel quality."
description: "Relating to the regulation of motor fuel metering devices and motor fuel quality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Texas SB 246 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Goldman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-28"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71963145-4e1a-417a-96fe-52915774fa13"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 246.xml"
source_hash: "99e34fd31664c72d5d17bd0e271a3f34cc9734b0f8ca2665406313f117f403c4"
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 246 (88) — Relating to the regulation of motor fuel metering devices and motor fuel quality.

## 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/SB00246I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00246F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2022-11-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-19** 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`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **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/71963145-4e1a-417a-96fe-52915774fa13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).