---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of certain navigation districts."
description: "Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of certain navigation districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 755"
citation: "Texas SB 755 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herrero", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b92935-50d8-45a0-ba1e-5e5b31bf4cf8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 755.xml"
source_hash: "05ee556ae35cbaea9b16ee03ce6deafeae970b21296232336b5a78ed062dff70"
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 755 (86) — Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of certain navigation districts.

## 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/SB00755I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** House passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89b92935-50d8-45a0-ba1e-5e5b31bf4cf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).