---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices."
description: "Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1062"
citation: "Texas SB 1062 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Communications & Press (I0073)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed22c868-e26d-483c-89b9-89b775fd840b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1062.xml"
source_hash: "7dd41522ea5d58fd10e30a6a699c0ae204974244a328668d9a3989b3ba4956c9"
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 1062 (89R) — Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01062I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01062E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01062H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01062S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01062F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Record vote
- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-05** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** 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/ed22c868-e26d-483c-89b9-89b775fd840b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).