---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the appeal of rates charged for water or sewer service by certain retail public utilities."
description: "Relating to the appeal of rates charged for water or sewer service by certain retail public utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3689"
citation: "Texas HB 3689 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--General (I0830)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER & SEWER SERVICE (S0443)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Gutierrez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c3c495-a4b3-4f77-b259-df206b115c5b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3689.xml"
source_hash: "87fa898fc1f99be5f7da66dc0266838a170c624670707a94447feaca53e84499"
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 3689 (87) — Relating to the appeal of rates charged for water or sewer service by certain retail public utilities.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB03689I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03689E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03689H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03689S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03689F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cortez — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c3c495-a4b3-4f77-b259-df206b115c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).