---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the duty of the comptroller of public accounts under Section 7-c, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, to deposit certain tax revenue to the state highway fund."
description: "Extending the duty of the comptroller of public accounts under Section 7-c, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, to deposit certain tax revenue to the state highway fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SCR 2"
citation: "Texas SCR 2 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Highways (I0390)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "STATE HIGHWAY FUND (S0751)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79acd825-70d6-4a73-a2e3-9b70398362b7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 2.xml"
source_hash: "733199a32ee95705e360bf8a42af5164dbb81300843a286547bc4600fc8a0d89"
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 SCR 2 (88) — Extending the duty of the comptroller of public accounts under Section 7-c, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, to deposit certain tax revenue to the state highway fund.

## 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/SC00002I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00002E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00002H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00002S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00002F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Co-author authorized
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-15** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2023-05-15** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Postponed
- **2023-05-17** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-05-17** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79acd825-70d6-4a73-a2e3-9b70398362b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).