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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority."
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description: "Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 1504"
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citation: "Texas SB 1504 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "GULF COAST AUTHORITY (D1423)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "TELECONFERENCING (S0039)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Middleton", "Paul"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba9a771-c1ca-422e-be53-78001e01042d"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1504.xml"
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source_hash: "67ac05e63fb5f1071fc843be748243338d1ec355293c713716a3b394b2645518"
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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 1504 (89R) — Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB01504I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01504F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **128–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Paul — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-31** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-21** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-29** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-30** Read
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- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-30** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** 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/cba9a771-c1ca-422e-be53-78001e01042d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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