---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces."
description: "Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "Texas SB 423 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics (I0010)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Transportation--Aviation (I0822)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a0fb41-7a28-488d-afbe-25eb6f60a860"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 423.xml"
source_hash: "89e5656e1ec5d6bb1c42628f94f709a7d546e4179dbe48dc2c924066325bbc0c"
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 423 (88) — Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces.

## 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/SB00423I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00423F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paxton — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-29** 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 Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-04** Read
- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-08** 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/b0a0fb41-7a28-488d-afbe-25eb6f60a860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).