---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requirements for and charges for service from public drinking water supply systems."
description: "Relating to requirements for and charges for service from public drinking water supply systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 594"
citation: "Texas SB 594 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "RECREATIONAL & ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (S0573)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lozano", "Spiller", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d1639c3-24a5-43ce-b82d-06f4a86abf1f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 594.xml"
source_hash: "c505e16962693832497abc9a314ef8795d70dcfa0a8e74bf0397db773ad2149d"
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 594 (88) — Relating to requirements for and charges for service from public drinking water supply systems.

## 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/SB00594I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00594E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00594H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00594S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00594F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–13** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lozano — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-12** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-17** Read
- **2023-05-17** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d1639c3-24a5-43ce-b82d-06f4a86abf1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).