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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities."
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description: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 149"
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citation: "Texas SB 149 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AIRPORTS (S0307)", "Aeronautics (I0010)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Powell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-11-09"
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last_action: "2021-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86e8f144-354e-4f46-8966-5a7329d50523"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 149.xml"
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source_hash: "abeb43dea3add9b904c0c6f85d9f36df90dc464676b1a9776767fed07f80016e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 149 (87) — Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00149I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00149E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00149H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00149S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00149F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Goldman — primary (person)
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- Powell — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-29** Record vote
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- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-29** Record vote
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- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-20** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
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- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86e8f144-354e-4f46-8966-5a7329d50523`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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