---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Matthews Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Blanco County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Matthews Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Blanco County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 2193"
citation: "Texas SB 2193 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MATTHEWS RANCH WATER CONTROL & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 OF BLANCO COUNTY (DQ8NY)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist. (I0012)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "King, Tracy O."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-04-08"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1864e25-cb3f-431d-b0e5-8a5dd87f8306"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2193.xml"
source_hash: "43cf846fd33fae1decfbe935a915804002f4a86b5e2ed61b117674a54aefd8e5"
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 2193 (87) — Relating to the creation of the Matthews Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Blanco County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

## 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/SB02193I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02193E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02193H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02193S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02193F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** 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/d1864e25-cb3f-431d-b0e5-8a5dd87f8306`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).