---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies."
description: "Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1425"
citation: "Texas SB 1425 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "Utilities--Telecommunications--Rural (I0829)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ashby", "Dean", "King, Tracy O.", "Perry", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2791cc-49cf-40c8-bcfa-6d03061c3e04"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1425.xml"
source_hash: "d60e05d875b1f1c0bacdd269c6a6cbc6c07f54d97e860cb49615467d8a66508e"
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 1425 (88) — Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies.

## 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/SB01425I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01425F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (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`
- **2023-03-15** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** House passage reported `passage`
- **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/bf2791cc-49cf-40c8-bcfa-6d03061c3e04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).