---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device."
description: "Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2145"
citation: "Texas SB 2145 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings (I0546)", "REINVESTMENT ZONES (S0342)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "TELECONFERENCING (S0039)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcd1b1ed-ee1c-478c-b1df-9094a9f6ff67"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2145.xml"
source_hash: "33bd9f2e2f19c47be23577d501c8511e7ab557f417f6ced1d19fc1518daf540b"
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 2145 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device.

## 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/SB02145I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02145E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02145H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02145S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02145F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **118–22** (pass) · lower
- passage — **111–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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 Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** 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/fcd1b1ed-ee1c-478c-b1df-9094a9f6ff67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).