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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain broadband grants made for the purposes of broadband deployment in this state."
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description: "Relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain broadband grants made for the purposes of broadband deployment in this state."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "SB 1243"
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citation: "Texas SB 1243 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "Taxation--Franchise (I0807)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Huffman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-27"
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last_action: "2023-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9bae939-2d93-46e5-af74-42d0ec171430"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1243.xml"
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source_hash: "2159322811538dd1c478e1b39421dddd26249311e264fb8e654c34376d4fa406"
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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 1243 (88) — Relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain broadband grants made for the purposes of broadband deployment in this state.
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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/88R/billtext/html/SB01243I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01243E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01243H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01243S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01243F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1243 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **132–12** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **120–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ashby — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-02-27** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-18** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-18** Record vote
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- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Record vote
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- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-20** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-08** Record vote
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- **2023-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Record vote
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- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-23** Effective immediately `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/c9bae939-2d93-46e5-af74-42d0ec171430`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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