---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of pilots in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district located in Cameron County."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of pilots in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district located in Cameron County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1353"
citation: "Texas SB 1353 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "CAMERON COUNTY (G0119)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "OATHS (S0005)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "Water--Navigation & Ports (I0880)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gámez", "Hinojosa, Adam"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f80249-b479-47f3-81b4-c890f3276a12"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1353.xml"
source_hash: "1f9f5fee63703b0e234afba91f737a708100f6d310f450b8f1e6a081c3106ccd"
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 1353 (89R) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of pilots in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district located in Cameron County.

## 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/SB01353I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01353E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01353H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01353S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01353F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **100–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **107–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gámez — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5f80249-b479-47f3-81b4-c890f3276a12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).