---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of certain land by The University of Texas System."
description: "Relating to the use of certain land by The University of Texas System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1758"
citation: "Texas SB 1758 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (U0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273f4d13-8260-492b-b40d-1d21b614e323"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1758.xml"
source_hash: "c42b29d76beac67ea56d0042a291f14cdd61eca8bb7eda98974813815273b3a3"
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 1758 (88) — Relating to the use of certain land by The University of Texas System.

## 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/SB01758I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01758E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01758H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01758S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01758F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **125–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2023-04-06** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-04-06** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-17** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** 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/273f4d13-8260-492b-b40d-1d21b614e323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).