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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to retail public utilities that provide water or sewer service."
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description: "Relating to retail public utilities that provide water or sewer service."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "SB 700"
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citation: "Texas SB 700 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER & SEWER SERVICE (S0443)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Nichols", "Watson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-07"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15090350-81cb-4bcc-9ac3-8cd5ffcb75ef"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 700.xml"
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source_hash: "fe970820c1e0f80a83a7f0cb277db83cee1eea5dff99ffc54dd0fae64f4774ae"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 700 (86) — Relating to retail public utilities that provide water or sewer service.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00700I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Geren — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-02-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-01** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-09** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-04-09** Record vote
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- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-09** Record vote
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- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-11** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-17** House passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-21** Read
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- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-21** Record vote
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- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15090350-81cb-4bcc-9ac3-8cd5ffcb75ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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