---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services."
description: "Relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1844"
citation: "Texas SB 1844 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "City Government--Annexation (I0063)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Darby", "King", "Patterson", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aaf44d4-8f65-4001-afe8-88a7c7da9b7f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1844.xml"
source_hash: "f6b3e56fdcf539caa6552e672fd511860222d408df43e36b8a64e58f1abfd014"
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 1844 (89R) — Relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services.

## 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/SB01844I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01844E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01844H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01844S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01844F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **88–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **91–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-30** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-10** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aaf44d4-8f65-4001-afe8-88a7c7da9b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).