---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election."
description: "Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2038"
citation: "Texas SB 2038 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Annexation (I0063)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Elections--Initiative", "Referendum & Recall (I0300)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Bell, Keith", "Bettencourt", "Metcalf", "Schofield", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59cfed23-e1bb-4f37-a543-6803544b6c9c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2038.xml"
source_hash: "86bd08893b6af7759b8f3730163506a04f6096b5b51ac8bf381f6878de1e55b9"
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 2038 (88) — Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.

## 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/SB02038I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **127–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–23** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **98–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-01** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Postponed
- **2023-05-03** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Vote reconsidered
- **2023-05-03** Vote reconsidered
- **2023-05-03** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-08** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-08** Read
- **2023-05-08** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-08** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **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 on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59cfed23-e1bb-4f37-a543-6803544b6c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).