---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property."
description: "Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1468"
citation: "Texas SB 1468 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRAZOS COUNTY (G0148)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dyson", "Guillen", "Harris", "Lalani", "Schwertner", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63999cb2-3a8e-4404-880d-57c4fed93d6a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1468.xml"
source_hash: "fd6347cab4434cc938cfc8d6a0937e3fe85ec40de7b778efbf524db639b73c19"
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 1468 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property.

## 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/SB01468I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01468E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01468H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01468S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01468F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dyson — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Lalani — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** 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/63999cb2-3a8e-4404-880d-57c4fed93d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).