---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain indefinite quantity contracts entered into by the General Land Office in the event of a natural disaster."
description: "Relating to certain indefinite quantity contracts entered into by the General Land Office in the event of a natural disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2738"
citation: "Texas HB 2738 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2117b317-2962-41da-a964-d0ce1fe915b4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2738.xml"
source_hash: "f398d5b7fa654129fd79c099616ff201507037978c5019b5b6b70d8831cf73ed"
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 HB 2738 (88) — Relating to certain indefinite quantity contracts entered into by the General Land Office in the event of a natural disaster.

## 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/HB02738I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02738E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02738H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02738S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02738F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miles — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** 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/2117b317-2962-41da-a964-d0ce1fe915b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).