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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to procedural requirements for the review of a contractual rate charged for the furnishing of raw or treated water or water or sewer service."
+description: "Relating to procedural requirements for the review of a contractual rate charged for the furnishing of raw or treated water or water or sewer service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 997"
+citation: "Texas SB 997 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER & SEWER SERVICE (S0443)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Nichols"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0754f5b7-78f2-4179-856d-8919da0adb05"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 997.xml"
+source_hash: "36f15e2f789abe9226e8e6512336ad4be499c9cc1b9c00bd504cf70855fd774d"
+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 997 (87) — Relating to procedural requirements for the review of a contractual rate charged for the furnishing of raw or treated water or water or sewer service.
+
+## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00997I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-30** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0754f5b7-78f2-4179-856d-8919da0adb05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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