---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board."
description: "Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Texas SB 7 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Conservation (I097L)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "Water--Rights (I0870)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Eckhardt", "Flores", "Gutierrez", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hancock", "Harris", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Hughes", "Johnson", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Menéndez", "Middleton", "Miles", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "West", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 84
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a115a1d-783f-400e-ad7e-0fb08eabdbf9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 7.xml"
source_hash: "1658029efb50d7b10b9613faa69a08ebc86704b5761fe500012fffd7b5439994"
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 7 (89R) — Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00007I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00007F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 7 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-02** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-02** Record vote
- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Record vote
- **2025-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Postponed
- **2025-05-26** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment to amendment tabled
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-28** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a115a1d-783f-400e-ad7e-0fb08eabdbf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).