---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1524"
citation: "Texas SB 1524 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways (I0390)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Canales", "Cortez", "Guillen", "Lopez, Ray", "Lujan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47c29f8b-65ac-41a8-bdfb-0d25e5dbf317"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1524.xml"
source_hash: "4938c52b3b1633f726a69a135186747c34ee489a99ecdf9cbbdbb5039559813b"
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 1524 (88) — Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property.

## 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/SB01524I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01524E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01524H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01524S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01524F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Cortez — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Lopez, Ray — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** 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/47c29f8b-65ac-41a8-bdfb-0d25e5dbf317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).