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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to information maintained by certain municipally owned utilities that provide electricity services and cable, Internet, or broadband services."
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description: "Relating to information maintained by certain municipally owned utilities that provide electricity services and cable, Internet, or broadband services."
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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 983"
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citation: "Texas SB 983 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Holland", "Paxton"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46297f7f-4829-47d6-8327-7eded952415f"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 983.xml"
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source_hash: "433162c4e653e8cb6d7dea221fa9fe7f1878815001b1b5de8a5f0bb15a993cf2"
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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 983 (88) — Relating to information maintained by certain municipally owned utilities that provide electricity services and cable, Internet, or broadband services.
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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/SB00983I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00983E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00983H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00983S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00983F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **118–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Holland — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-11** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-04-11** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-18** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/46297f7f-4829-47d6-8327-7eded952415f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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