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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity."
+description: "Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 4385"
+citation: "Texas HB 4385 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Guillen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-09"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb608dae-e60e-4149-9229-4927e43745b3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4385.xml"
+source_hash: "b09fcab863ca7dd110d5e8f7dd222e411ee4fba8ef482eedea142e573e750b9d"
+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 HB 4385 (88) — Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04385I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-21** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Record vote
+- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-02** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb608dae-e60e-4149-9229-4927e43745b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+