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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission."
description: "Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 626"
citation: "Texas SB 626 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY (D0235)", "Governor (I0375)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Flynn", "Hall", "Nichols", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5426385-b2ac-4787-aa45-64d65729c7ab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 626.xml"
source_hash: "b10939f5e0e48d0f052b0c39f9566d6b02767d3f80c852ef75bec913e41f8ff9"
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 626 (86) — Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00626I.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- passage — **1390** (pass) · lower
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Flynn — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-03-18** Permission to introduce
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Recommendations filed with the Senate
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** House passage reported
- **2019-04-29** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5426385-b2ac-4787-aa45-64d65729c7ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).