---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 17."
description: "Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4585"
citation: "Texas HB 4585 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist. (I0012)", "TRAVIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 17 (DO8ET)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Goodwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f47b788-3060-4305-929b-c601383ab92a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4585.xml"
source_hash: "13172b96a42a9fb9644e6a910a7da2f778850dce4f3e3738115fea97382971bb"
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 4585 (87) — Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 17.

## 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/HB04585I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04585E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04585H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04585S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04585F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** 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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f47b788-3060-4305-929b-c601383ab92a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).