---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the penalty for noncompliance with certain audit requirements by a municipality."
description: "Relating to the penalty for noncompliance with certain audit requirements by a municipality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1851"
citation: "Texas SB 1851 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "City Government--Finance (I0062)", "City Government--General (I0060)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b62b4c-af0f-4359-86b8-9a7aee9b7a51"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1851.xml"
source_hash: "b158819289c259c84cafb06d5611b756e63c416525bb598d72365a345fe05d9c"
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 1851 (89R) — Relating to the penalty for noncompliance with certain audit requirements by a municipality.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01851I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01851E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01851H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01851S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01851F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **89–31** (pass) · lower
- passage — **96–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-14** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97b62b4c-af0f-4359-86b8-9a7aee9b7a51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).