---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to provision of broadband infrastructure and connectivity by the Lower Colorado River Authority."
description: "Relating to provision of broadband infrastructure and connectivity by the Lower Colorado River Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 632"
citation: "Texas SB 632 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BROADBAND NETWORKS (S0643)", "LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY (D0022)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ashby", "Buckingham", "Buckley", "Leman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf36545-5425-42fa-9fc4-8528dc7d2384"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 632.xml"
source_hash: "d11f844a20407409b3ba7ea3272da582a87ae446b74f0aad7aae3761e9454420"
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 632 (87) — Relating to provision of broadband infrastructure and connectivity by the Lower Colorado 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00632I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00632E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00632H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00632S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00632F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-30** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-31** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-07** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** House passage reported
- **2021-04-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-04-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-04-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-04-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/1bf36545-5425-42fa-9fc4-8528dc7d2384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).