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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission."
+description: "Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 626"
+citation: "Texas SB 626 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY (D0235)", "Governor (I0375)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Flynn", "Hall", "Nichols", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-03-11"
+last_action: "2019-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5426385-b2ac-4787-aa45-64d65729c7ab"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 626.xml"
+source_hash: "b10939f5e0e48d0f052b0c39f9566d6b02767d3f80c852ef75bec913e41f8ff9"
+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 626 (86) — Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00626I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Flynn — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-13** Transmitted to the Governor
+- **2019-03-18** Permission to introduce
+- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-18** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-08** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-08** Record vote
+- **2019-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Record vote
+- **2019-04-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-10** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Recommendations filed with the Senate
+- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-25** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Record vote
+- **2019-04-29** House passage reported
+- **2019-04-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-04-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-04-30** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5426385-b2ac-4787-aa45-64d65729c7ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+