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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the appeal of rates for water or sewer service charged to certain customers of a municipality."
description: "Relating to the appeal of rates for water or sewer service charged to certain customers of a municipality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 387"
citation: "Texas SB 387 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Utilities (I0068)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "WATER & SEWER SERVICE (S0443)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schwertner", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e41f36-848c-4a53-b357-fc5104c96a28"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 387.xml"
source_hash: "00dcac47aeae419cf27fbbcb9cc803789b651bab4bbd53aa46c0aef13885a089"
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 387 (87) — Relating to the appeal of rates for water or sewer service charged to certain customers of a municipality.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00387I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00387E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00387H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00387S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00387F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e41f36-848c-4a53-b357-fc5104c96a28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).