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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the process for initiating, transferring, or terminating water or sewer service."
+description: "Relating to the process for initiating, transferring, or terminating water or sewer service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1778"
+citation: "Texas SB 1778 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Oliverson", "Rogers"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64497fe8-2217-416d-bc30-c84740f2c3f7"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1778.xml"
+source_hash: "2652217dca68a68b7cd33bcf5e3e32919476cac953f4f89ca0b69c360cc3c1ff"
+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 1778 (88) — Relating to the process for initiating, transferring, or terminating 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01778I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-23** 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/64497fe8-2217-416d-bc30-c84740f2c3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+