---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to powers and duties of navigation districts and the boards of trustees of municipal port facilities."
description: "Relating to powers and duties of navigation districts and the boards of trustees of municipal port facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1500"
citation: "Texas SB 1500 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES (S0076)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38cb9486-1c9c-4e90-968b-99b70fe6eeab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1500.xml"
source_hash: "f4adf8e7f8516becd46ffe5b5687dd6b330b56eb930923f53a8e380c8129560f"
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 1500 (88) — Relating to powers and duties of navigation districts and the boards of trustees of municipal port facilities.

## 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/SB01500I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01500F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **135–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** 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`
- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-28** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-09** Read
- **2023-05-09** Senate refuses to concur
- **2023-05-09** Senate requests conference committee
- **2023-05-09** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-09** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-09** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-09** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-15** House grants request for conference committee
- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-15** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-23** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-23** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-25** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/38cb9486-1c9c-4e90-968b-99b70fe6eeab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).