republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-1173.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required."
description: "Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1173"
citation: "Texas SB 1173 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPETITIVE BIDDING (S0267)", "City Government--Finance (I0062)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Landgraf", "Leo Wilson", "Perry", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/075fff46-a2fc-44e2-b689-4180535a1b48"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1173.xml"
source_hash: "3339c0a07f0a4e6d4ec06fcd81ef94d3435f3f74cbe8be582df808d0cdc2ed0a"
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 1173 (89R) — Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required.

## 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/SB01173I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01173E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01173H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01173S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01173F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **103–38** (pass) · lower
- passage — **108–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-20** Read
- **2025-05-20** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-29** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/075fff46-a2fc-44e2-b689-4180535a1b48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).