---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the process for initiating, transferring, or terminating water or sewer service."
description: "Relating to the process for initiating, transferring, or terminating water or sewer service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1778"
citation: "Texas SB 1778 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Oliverson", "Rogers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64497fe8-2217-416d-bc30-c84740f2c3f7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1778.xml"
source_hash: "2652217dca68a68b7cd33bcf5e3e32919476cac953f4f89ca0b69c360cc3c1ff"
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 1778 (88) — Relating to the process for initiating, transferring, or terminating 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01778I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01778F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** 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/64497fe8-2217-416d-bc30-c84740f2c3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).