--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to the identification of locations receiving broadband and certain telecommunications services." description: "Relating to the identification of locations receiving broadband and certain telecommunications services." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "88" identifier: "SB 2119" citation: "Texas SB 2119 (88)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (V62YT)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "Schwertner"] version_count: 5 action_count: 52 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2023-03-09" last_action: "2023-06-18" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eaf9fc5-8e84-44bb-86fa-f7dad8fbe5b1" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2119.xml" source_hash: "df0df6ebbd280bc5813aaac0ff78f15f1bd681180074d83f9a66802c8dad06d1" 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 2119 (88) — Relating to the identification of locations receiving broadband and certain telecommunications services. ## 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/SB02119I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02119E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02119H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02119S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02119F.HTM) ## Votes - passage — **129–14** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hunter — primary (person) - Schwertner — primary (person) - Eckhardt — cosponsor (person) - Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person) - West — 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 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 - **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing - **2023-04-11** Vote taken in committee - **2023-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar - **2023-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed - **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized - **2023-04-18** Placed on intent calendar - **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized - **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar - **2023-04-20** Not again placed on intent 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 - **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction` - **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee` - **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting - **2023-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee` - **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing` - **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed - **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar - **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars - **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar - **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading - **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal - **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-05-19** Passed `passage` - **2023-05-19** Record vote - **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal - **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage` - **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage` - **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage` - **2023-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-06-18** 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/5eaf9fc5-8e84-44bb-86fa-f7dad8fbe5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).