---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority."
description: "Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2476"
citation: "Texas SB 2476 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANGELINA & NECHES RIVER AUTHORITY (D0036)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17a4995c-bfdf-4e28-8205-3407e1a8c764"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2476.xml"
source_hash: "0371265b21300ce15743e171f3c4e0029496199156285c2897b96e8ed709893a"
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 2476 (89R) — Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02476I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02476E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02476H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02476S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02476F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **121–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-30** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** 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/17a4995c-bfdf-4e28-8205-3407e1a8c764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).