---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to procedural requirements for the review of a contractual rate charged for the furnishing of raw or treated water or water or sewer service."
description: "Relating to procedural requirements for the review of a contractual rate charged for the furnishing of raw or treated water or water or sewer service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 997"
citation: "Texas SB 997 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER & SEWER SERVICE (S0443)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0754f5b7-78f2-4179-856d-8919da0adb05"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 997.xml"
source_hash: "36f15e2f789abe9226e8e6512336ad4be499c9cc1b9c00bd504cf70855fd774d"
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 997 (87) — Relating to procedural requirements for the review of a contractual rate charged for the furnishing of raw or treated water or water or sewer service.

## 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/SB00997I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00997F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** 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/0754f5b7-78f2-4179-856d-8919da0adb05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).