---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Guadalupe County Municipal Utility District No. 8; 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 Guadalupe County Municipal Utility District No. 8; 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: "88"
identifier: "SB 2579"
citation: "Texas SB 2579 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "GUADALUPE COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 8 (DS3SR)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuempel", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f616709-8b54-4d6e-bf0c-ba8236038023"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2579.xml"
source_hash: "d3cb75631df2bde56c28bd3041edce61cfb3eb1db1b99e045259e35e077e7eee"
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 2579 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Guadalupe County Municipal Utility District No. 8; 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/88R/billtext/html/SB02579I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02579E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02579H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02579S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02579F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **102–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-01** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-01** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-27** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-05-27** 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/2f616709-8b54-4d6e-bf0c-ba8236038023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).