---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District; providing for the appointment of the governing body."
description: "Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District; providing for the appointment of the governing body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2431"
citation: "Texas SB 2431 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GULF COAST RESILIENCY DISTRICT (DG46M)", "HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT (D0424)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e839c2c-7b65-4483-ad45-5c41a5b28359"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2431.xml"
source_hash: "9b727af40a60c697bb2fc807b54345cc30507d25e83bbf73e7b08b1efaf97886"
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 2431 (88) — Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District; providing for the appointment of the governing body.

## 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/SB02431I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e839c2c-7b65-4483-ad45-5c41a5b28359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).