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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a requirement that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply."
description: "Relating to a requirement that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2440"
citation: "Texas SB 2440 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--Water (I0320)", "PLATTING (S0285)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)", "Water--Development (I0875)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23efbea0-e580-404b-bf88-c7e39ecd0426"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2440.xml"
source_hash: "bcb804351edfa09b603f745b5f90f0fbec5a9675837547fe468894ecde31469d"
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 2440 (88) — Relating to a requirement that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB02440I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02440E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02440H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02440S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02440F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2440 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **12018** (pass) · lower
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-05** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-06** Record vote
- **2023-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Record vote
- **2023-04-06** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-24** Objections withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-27** Read
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective on 1/1/24 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23efbea0-e580-404b-bf88-c7e39ecd0426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).