---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority."
description: "Relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2819"
citation: "Texas HB 2819 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANGELINA & NECHES RIVER AUTHORITY (D0036)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "NACOGDOCHES", "CITY OF (G0472)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa73525-76a7-4162-9f65-cfe8c0b72f8e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2819.xml"
source_hash: "5c5e228f59888032151008b036f2ed742665159b60bfe91c746329f495a4ffcf"
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 2819 (88) — Relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

## 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/HB02819I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02819H.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-11** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2023-04-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Companion considered in lieu of
- **2023-04-28** Laid on the table subject to call `deferral`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa73525-76a7-4162-9f65-cfe8c0b72f8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).