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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board."
+description: "Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 7"
+citation: "Texas SB 7 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Conservation (I097L)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Eckhardt", "Flores", "Gutierrez", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hancock", "Harris", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Hughes", "Johnson", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Menéndez", "Middleton", "Miles", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "West", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 84
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2025-03-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a115a1d-783f-400e-ad7e-0fb08eabdbf9"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 7.xml"
+source_hash: "1658029efb50d7b10b9613faa69a08ebc86704b5761fe500012fffd7b5439994"
+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 7 (89R) — Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00007I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–3** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 7 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Eckhardt — primary (person)
+- Flores — primary (person)
+- Gutierrez — primary (person)
+- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Miles — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Sparks — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-02** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-02** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-02** Record vote
+- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Record vote
+- **2025-04-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-09** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-22** Posting rule suspended
+- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-24** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-23** Postponed
+- **2025-05-26** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-26** Amendment to amendment tabled
+- **2025-05-26** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** Postponed
+- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2025-05-28** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-30** Read
+- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a115a1d-783f-400e-ad7e-0fb08eabdbf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+