---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications and term."
description: "Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications and term."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1117"
citation: "Texas SB 1117 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT (D0442)", "FULSHEAR", "CITY OF (GD48N)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gates", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b016bd-e631-4919-af80-ea2828dbfa03"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1117.xml"
source_hash: "326ab1e7319f45e54c18598f5fce9d4ff5d4a6878a75ca3ae49e0012e4c43bcd"
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 1117 (87) — Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications and term.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01117I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01117E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01117H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01117S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01117F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gates — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Recommendations filed with the Senate
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-06** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/56b016bd-e631-4919-af80-ea2828dbfa03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).