---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity."
description: "Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4385"
citation: "Texas HB 4385 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Guillen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb608dae-e60e-4149-9229-4927e43745b3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4385.xml"
source_hash: "b09fcab863ca7dd110d5e8f7dd222e411ee4fba8ef482eedea142e573e750b9d"
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 4385 (88) — Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04385I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04385F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb608dae-e60e-4149-9229-4927e43745b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).