---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction."
description: "Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1566"
citation: "Texas SB 1566 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Annexation (I0063)", "City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Darby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 78
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5185dcaf-96d0-447d-a971-145d41ddbf34"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1566.xml"
source_hash: "1c27542e2d15fcdae1b17366dda5027ac11a293d0de124401d2418ea8541d581"
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 1566 (89R) — Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

## 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/SB01566I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01566E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01566H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01566S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01566F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Postponed
- **2025-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-22** Postponed
- **2025-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-28** Read
- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/5185dcaf-96d0-447d-a971-145d41ddbf34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).