---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the procurement of certain goods and services related to highways by the Texas Department of Transportation."
description: "Relating to the procurement of certain goods and services related to highways by the Texas Department of Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1270"
citation: "Texas SB 1270 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seliger", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364ec288-6b48-4826-939d-3b272519f476"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1270.xml"
source_hash: "60bce807d730913cf0aca51a2524e694c92f0ea0161176397ecb0a5b226b013a"
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 1270 (87) — Relating to the procurement of certain goods and services related to highways by the Texas Department of Transportation.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01270I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01270F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/364ec288-6b48-4826-939d-3b272519f476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).