---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disposition of real property interests by navigation districts and port authorities."
description: "Relating to the disposition of real property interests by navigation districts and port authorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 818"
citation: "Texas SB 818 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Perez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f26a256a-20cb-4c28-bbd1-dc80aadfb4c3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 818.xml"
source_hash: "e7fcbf80087584afac6c26d8415fc7861674b5c4f409365d1739035c3149ba81"
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 818 (88) — Relating to the disposition of real property interests by navigation districts and port authorities.

## 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/SB00818I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00818E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00818H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00818S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00818F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **125–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Statement(s) of 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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f26a256a-20cb-4c28-bbd1-dc80aadfb4c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).