---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to payment of costs related to the relocation of certain utility facilities for state highway projects."
description: "Relating to payment of costs related to the relocation of certain utility facilities for state highway projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2601"
citation: "Texas SB 2601 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways (I0390)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 67
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-04-06"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e59a1d68-5ad7-462d-9f9f-739dc4ae0371"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2601.xml"
source_hash: "a42c63996ce0c7e7ef7d4fc9ab43feff249205d03c6646fb1084ad2d4a8310d9"
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 2601 (88) — Relating to payment of costs related to the relocation of certain utility facilities for state highway projects.

## 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/SB02601I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02601E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02601H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02601S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02601F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **136–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Permission to introduce
- **2023-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Statement(s) of 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-22** Read
- **2023-05-22** Senate refuses to concur
- **2023-05-22** Senate requests conference committee
- **2023-05-22** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-22** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-22** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-22** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-26** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/e59a1d68-5ad7-462d-9f9f-739dc4ae0371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).