---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District."
description: "Relating to the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2116"
citation: "Texas SB 2116 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANDERA COUNTY RIVER AUTHORITY & GROUNDWATER DISTRICT (D0997)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist. (I0013)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/547c37f1-4186-489f-8d8a-623171103e04"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2116.xml"
source_hash: "9b334f1bbc129769cc18be5810b4f9b6dce036270bd157cd440620ad7f2522fa"
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 2116 (88) — Relating to the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District.

## 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/SB02116I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/547c37f1-4186-489f-8d8a-623171103e04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).