---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by certain drainage districts."
description: "Relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by certain drainage districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2212"
citation: "Texas SB 2212 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO.7 (D0095)", "ORANGE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (D1545)", "VELASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT (D1234)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deshotel", "Paul", "Phelan", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4626277c-9929-4533-a13d-fa3126285a34"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2212.xml"
source_hash: "c1ad38890fe00e80e0e9c8f8a4920ed9b4f10a551d09e97a13496a7b266a85bc"
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 2212 (86) — Relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by certain drainage districts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB02212I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4626277c-9929-4533-a13d-fa3126285a34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).