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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services."
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description: "Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services."
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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 1405"
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citation: "Texas SB 1405 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (V62YT)", "BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Nichols"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 81
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd1ec7da-addd-4ea0-8ccf-8e41ff4dc012"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1405.xml"
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source_hash: "28869902de3bcf94034b84f650b897da14542091360ad30f0821c36abfea01d4"
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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 1405 (89R) — Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01405I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01405E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01405H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01405S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01405F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **94–31** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1405 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **102–36** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **102–36** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **111–31** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ashby — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-19** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-05** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-04-01** 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 as substituted `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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- **2025-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-15** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-15** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Referred to s/c on Telecommunications & Broadband by Speaker `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Recalled from subcommittee
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- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-20** Postponed
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- **2025-05-21** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-25** Read
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- **2025-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2025-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2025-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2025-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2025-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2025-05-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-05-31** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-31** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-01** Record vote
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-03** 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 on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `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/fd1ec7da-addd-4ea0-8ccf-8e41ff4dc012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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