---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility of certain political subdivisions to receive certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Water Development Board."
description: "Relating to the eligibility of certain political subdivisions to receive certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Water Development Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 469"
citation: "Texas SB 469 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "RURAL (S0467)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King, Tracy O.", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e829b627-7f31-4a43-bf1b-9680bf0028ab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 469.xml"
source_hash: "7830eab2ff434de7589de526488583a5d6bba907b1527ec805fd5196bbf5eb1e"
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 469 (88) — Relating to the eligibility of certain political subdivisions to receive certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Water Development Board.

## 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/SB00469I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00469E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00469H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00469S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00469F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **118–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** 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** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-18** 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`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/e829b627-7f31-4a43-bf1b-9680bf0028ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).