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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts."
description: "Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1990"
citation: "Texas SB 1990 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Transportation--Mass Transit (I0823)", "Transportation--Railroads (I0821)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4af7ace1-f208-4902-a7c9-55afae7293d3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1990.xml"
source_hash: "c3047e71997816a318c1ef35e4e114543ad65fa53864d763d852141c331d4228"
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 1990 (87) — Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01990I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01990E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01990H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01990S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01990F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Miles — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-13** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-05-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** 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/4af7ace1-f208-4902-a7c9-55afae7293d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).