---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors."
description: "Relating to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2578"
citation: "Texas SB 2578 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)", "UPPER GUADALUPE RIVER AUTHORITY (D0069)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53368bb4-37cd-4e5d-a612-c79c74184653"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2578.xml"
source_hash: "eccfe5b0effb8b3cafbdb621bb71a2e93dd96e7ea9b3384e05daa8339d05c634"
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 2578 (88) — Relating to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

## 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/SB02578I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Left pending in committee

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53368bb4-37cd-4e5d-a612-c79c74184653`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).