---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision by the Texas Water Development Board of financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas."
description: "Relating to the provision by the Texas Water Development Board of financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2452"
citation: "Texas SB 2452 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "BONDS (S6060)", "ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS (S0172)", "WATER & SEWER SERVICE (S0443)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Hinojosa", "Lucio", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 70
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08053453-0a33-4b55-b14f-badaea18efcd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2452.xml"
source_hash: "0d33fbb8edc86b18600eea2f8409590dadaadb141ff7437940ed0854dfac38ea"
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 2452 (86) — Relating to the provision by the Texas Water Development Board of financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.

## 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/SB02452I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **103–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-27** Permission to introduce
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-16** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on adoption of const. amendment `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08053453-0a33-4b55-b14f-badaea18efcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).