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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects."
description: "Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1555"
citation: "Texas SB 1555 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0040)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Transportation--Railroads (I0821)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Harris Davila", "Hernandez", "Martinez Fischer", "Nichols", "Patterson", "Perez, Mary Ann"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8fb6877-91a6-4d4c-bb38-7545d2edc649"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1555.xml"
source_hash: "032f6147b63acd2d04e8c75a805d600540d8f7682dc7be751ff684d3fc9bf4b3"
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 1555 (89R) — Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01555I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01555E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01555H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01555S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01555F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **101–16** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1555 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **114–23** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Harris Davila — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — primary (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-25** Record vote
- **2025-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Record vote
- **2025-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** 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/f8fb6877-91a6-4d4c-bb38-7545d2edc649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).