---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee and impose fines and penalties."
description: "Relating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee and impose fines and penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1970"
citation: "Texas HB 1970 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 110 (DC3LL)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/917dc0a0-1676-4a17-a313-62d6bbad73e3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1970.xml"
source_hash: "f669c87a63000165f6f45fdd6c0f6dc5bb2462368ceb8ca21828e8882f1a8a11"
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 HB 1970 (88) — Relating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee and impose fines and penalties.

## 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/HB01970I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-07** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/917dc0a0-1676-4a17-a313-62d6bbad73e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).