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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the conveyance of property by a municipality for the public purpose of economic development."
description: "Relating to the conveyance of property by a municipality for the public purpose of economic development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Texas SB 543 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Ordaz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed71aea7-95b3-47d4-aabe-1fdfebfdc6a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 543.xml"
source_hash: "e0aafb585644d93a4748e7ce5b8c78b63aa852ae5f7521e3ac02520d7eb3c737"
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 543 (88) — Relating to the conveyance of property by a municipality for the public purpose of economic development.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00543I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00543E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00543H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00543S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00543F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **9641** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 543 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **273** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10637** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Ordaz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-24** Record vote
- **2023-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Record vote
- **2023-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-11** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-05-24** 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/ed71aea7-95b3-47d4-aabe-1fdfebfdc6a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).